[For a second he remembered something far away and years ago, a very different party where he felt just as out of place. But things had been so much simpler then, where Viktor's worst problems had been loose cogs and stage fright rather than battles to the death and the guilt of destroying humanity.]
...I understand. [A thin hand rested cautiously on her shoulder, like it was a gesture he wasn't quite used to expressing.] It is...difficult, to look back and realize nothing can ever be the same.
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[For a second he remembered something far away and years ago, a very different party where he felt just as out of place. But things had been so much simpler then, where Viktor's worst problems had been loose cogs and stage fright rather than battles to the death and the guilt of destroying humanity.]
...I understand. [A thin hand rested cautiously on her shoulder, like it was a gesture he wasn't quite used to expressing.] It is...difficult, to look back and realize nothing can ever be the same.