There is nothing else I want. I do not need money, or land, or power. But I cannot simply offer my services for free-- that is asking to be taken advantage of, especially by those who want those aforementioned things.
People will always try to take advantage of you. That is simply a consequence of interacting with others. However, whether or not they succeed is a different story.
[ they can try! but owner has seniority in manipulation and gaslighting, thank you ]
That question comes up often. I do like how you phrased it though.
[ most people just ask him what's his real form. which can be frustrating, because, ]
Yes. But it is because I do not have an... original body, in the sense that you do. Every form I take is one that is a presentation, because I have no form.
[ it is a little odd to think about life after eudora, in the sense that they are not even sure if they'll be able to leave but. optimism and all that. ]
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So, secrets.
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Well. Scratch that, he has more dealings in the occult and secrets now because of the Core, but whatever.]
I see. Do people often try to take advantage of you?
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[ they can try! but owner has seniority in manipulation and gaslighting, thank you ]
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You make it sound so easy not to be on the bottom rung of the ladder. I guess that's true for a person who can summon many arms...?
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[ that is the scientific way to explain it. ]
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I see. I'm sorry then. [For getting it wrong, he means.] Does that mean, um.
[He isn't sure how to say what he wants. What's the polite way.]
That you have another kind of body? That this one is just... a presentation?
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That question comes up often. I do like how you phrased it though.
[ most people just ask him what's his real form. which can be frustrating, because, ]
Yes. But it is because I do not have an... original body, in the sense that you do. Every form I take is one that is a presentation, because I have no form.
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So... you are... like an idea?
[That's about the closest he can come to calling it.]
You're...
[HELP HIM. He is a thinker-fixer, and not being able to put this anomaly into words is hell.]
I don't know. A philosophy about... [hm] ...knowing your true self?
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[ he does not confirm or deny the theory. ]
Do you know your own?
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I don't know. But... I think maybe I'm beginning to find out here.
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[ the way owner's impression of viktor's home life is that he is probably going to explode and that he killed his assistant. ]
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Well, there is also being terminally ill, too, but what is that in the face of also explosion and killing an assistant?]
It... really isn't, yes. Not usually. Not until it's too late.
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but he nods his head. ]
If everything goes right, are you considering going elsewhere, if possible?
[ like in theory they can just use the ship to their worlds so. what is stopping them from hopping off at a different stop. ]
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Probably. Jayce would be alright without me. He has all of our research for Hextech. There... was no one else.
[...]
I think... I will just go wherever Lucien goes.
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If you go back to his world, you will need to learn spells.
[ he does not believe viktor would be a good fighter class ]
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I am, uh, a terrible wizard actually. So maybe I will just keep working with my inventions...
I'm not sure if he will go back to his own world, or not. I would have to talk to him about it.
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Where else?
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[A small shrug of one shoulder.]
That's his choice to decide.
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Ah, I am awfully curious about how things will turn out!