[viktor is quiet for a few moments as he shapes the dough, places it to the side to rise, shapes another. nice, repetitive motions as he frowns and considers just how much there is that could be said on it all.

what does he think? he himself, without any filter, a matter allen is one of the few people he'd feel comfortable being completely honest with. after a moment he says,] I think to assign them good or evil intentions is assuming they have human morality. Making them an enemy or an ally... it is an assumption I do not believe is right to make, not without a better line of communication.

But I do believe regardless of all that they are a key player in whatever grander motions are at play here, and ultimately we are brought here to be tools or players in those motions. For that reason alone I believe we need to be careful with them, but not to the point of condemnation.

Not yet, at least.