And here I believed you knew better than to underestimate me.

[Whether that meant finding a way to recharge it or where he'd hidden it, Viktor didn't specify; the hand on his crutch twisted the lower handle, unscrewing it easily and tipping out the memory device into his other hand.]

I will figure something out. And I am not going to let this become any more of a mess than it is now, even if the idea of defending you makes me feel even more ill than I already am.