[He could believe that, if the siren call he had heard at this mindscape's start was anything close to the pull Viktor himself had felt. In a broken body, running on borrowed time, exhausted and willing to put himself through that much pain for an answer... the whisperings of something promising more, promising perfection and life, would be like the taunting of water to a desperate soul dying of thirst.]

You are here. You know now. We both know you have found a way to challenge yourself - you did get there. But... I know, I know that does not bring back what was lost, nor take away the regret...

[His hands press just a little tighter. He cannot tell Viktor to stop blaming himself, even if he wants to. He knows he would not want to hear such words about Lhikan. To dismiss the responsibility involved, even if it was an accident, felt like dismissing the life that had so rapidly vanished.]

I'm so sorry.