[ he huffs out a wry laugh; yes, alright, he's got a point. and though he glances at silco as he walks around, he doesn't stop him — doesn't make any move, in fact, letting him see whatever he wants to see. one table is full of papers not in viktor's handwriting, mostly consisting of different types of augmentations one might do, even on the medical side, with a particularly detailed drawing of a set of artificial lungs.

on his side of the room, there is a pile of different things: parts that look like they might belong to a robot, or perhaps a scrapped design of one; a blackboard full of complicated calculations for a backup power system fueled by the hexgems in the city right now; and in another corner, drawings for a small device, enough to be held in the palm of his hand. ]

Nothing is not entirely accurate. [ he waves his hand haphazardly at the blackboard, ] It might be possible to build an entire network of backup power in Aldrip. The number of hexgems we possess would make it possible, but it would be unstable. The hexgems are not reliable, here. [ then, he picks up a prototype of the device and holds it out for silco. ]

This is meant to track monsters. I am still refining the mechanism... but if it is successful, it would make life here safer for everyone.

[ anyway, ] I manage.