[He doesn't respond back at first -- hesitant, waiting, bracing for something to happen. This... is Viktor. That he recognizes as much, but it's... wrong. Other. Something uniquely foreign in a space where reality no longer mattered.
He carefully rises to his feet with a different sort of trepidation than when their eyes had met - not innocent fear, but an exhausted openness, a resignation born from thousands of visions with no end in sight, as he takes a step towards Viktor. Then another, a hand raised out to try and touch him, however briefly.
Hand meets cloth with a very visible flinch. But nothing happens.
The Matoran blinks rapidly, exhales a shaking breath he wasn't aware he'd been holding.]
You're not-- [Changing. Not part of it. His hand tentatively curls into a fist, before dropping away.]
You're not supposed to be here. Not like this--
[Your mind tugs again, a painful jolt like lightning through the skull and neck. This close to Vakama, Viktor can see his eyes shrink pinpoint for a moment, just as they had the first time they'd spoken, though he tries to shake it off with a hand to his forehead.]
here we go
He carefully rises to his feet with a different sort of trepidation than when their eyes had met - not innocent fear, but an exhausted openness, a resignation born from thousands of visions with no end in sight, as he takes a step towards Viktor. Then another, a hand raised out to try and touch him, however briefly.
Hand meets cloth with a very visible flinch. But nothing happens.
The Matoran blinks rapidly, exhales a shaking breath he wasn't aware he'd been holding.]
You're not-- [Changing. Not part of it. His hand tentatively curls into a fist, before dropping away.]
You're not supposed to be here. Not like this--
[Your mind tugs again, a painful jolt like lightning through the skull and neck. This close to Vakama, Viktor can see his eyes shrink pinpoint for a moment, just as they had the first time they'd spoken, though he tries to shake it off with a hand to his forehead.]
W-what are you doing here?