[yeah the general bone theme is definitely not even a little weird. viktor's lips quirk at that face though, the briefest moment of hesitation before patting him on the shoulder in a 'there there' sort of way.]

An upset child with bombs. [he corrects, then snorts.] I won't say I didn't expect espionage or something like it but yes, that...? No, it felt like the sort of thing that happens in a comic book. Super villains and calling cards.

[and if what he gathered from vi is true maybe that's not too off. chembarons might as well be supervillains, they had the lackeys and the morals of one.]

A chalice that big would be more a very odd tub. [the image amuses him, a tilt of his head as he offers,] Maybe it could have similar but smaller bloodstones embedded in it.