[Like a little wild animal, Viktor won't so easily be touched by a somebody who's virtually a stranger]

[...sit...? Ahhhh. YES.]

Mhm. 'Make yourself indispensable to them, so that they won't kill you. And. Never. Talk back.' My parents tried to teach me so."

[Sigh.]

"But I talk back to topsiders, sometimes, still. Though I did make myself a little important. But not like that. I have other goals."

[Viktor sits down.]