I am not upset. [And despite the lack of a raised voice, the tension and heightened metal sound to Viktor's words definitely said otherwise. Damn it. Damn it, it was always emotion that made things so much more difficult. Was it any wonder he'd driven himself mad trying to destroy such a concept?]

[There is beauty in imperfection-]

[He couldn't see it. Could likely never understand it, even having seen and felt that very mentality through another's eyes and mind. He'd been weak, broken, dying, and yet Viktor was meant to believe there had been value in that? Such emotion was illogical. Painful, and was it not normal to wish a source of pain should disappear?]

There would be very little to mourn save for the loss of what skills I can offer, I assure you. None of you know anything of who I am or what I have done, and it is better we all find our way through this and part ways none the wiser on that front.