I do not take it personally. I think we are beyond pretending I do not find you and your methods repulsive. [viktor says without any malice or irritation, just the simplicity of fact with a shrug. might as well just be honest, the ship of playing polite has already sailed.] Perhaps it is simply a matter of opportunity, or bad luck on my part.

[with a sigh he plucks up the raspberries again, pops them in, chews. rests back against his chair despite the tightening of his jaw.]