[viktor offers something a sympathetic shrug- how fun the mental nonsense here must be when it's a surprise what might pop up.] It was ultimately to his benefit, I believe, but I cannot say it was not a struggle.

[that's a horrifying picture, and after a moment of consideration viktor makes himself return to the fan. more pieces pulled out and examined, new ones being slotted in, a quiet curse in a different language before he's grabbing a rag to clean up a corroded area inside.]

That is... an alarming picture. Was the trick to introduce more Dark energy in the end?

[good to know it seems to have a happy ending.]