[What she's saying makes sense, and he nods, like he's considering the principle of safeguards for the first time. An interesting proposition, certainly. But--]
Sorry, a what?
[He can make a few guesses about computer--an entity that computes? Computes what? But there's some kind of acronym, too, one he's never heard before. Viktor sounds a little surprised. Until now, he's felt they've been able to talk on a similar technological level, but he's been caught off-guard before. She seems to know more about this than she'd initially let on.]
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Sorry, a what?
[He can make a few guesses about computer--an entity that computes? Computes what? But there's some kind of acronym, too, one he's never heard before. Viktor sounds a little surprised. Until now, he's felt they've been able to talk on a similar technological level, but he's been caught off-guard before. She seems to know more about this than she'd initially let on.]