[After he finally resolved something important, Viktor seemed much lighter for lack of any better word. There was so much to do, infinite potential and countless possibilities laid out in a world he still had so much to learn about. A real, tangible fresh start with a chance to do better and improve a world without destroying it utterly.]
[But before any of that, there were so many people to seek out; to make plans, say farewells, perhaps even point out a new companion for them to introduce themselves to at some point. He had already made it clear he was staying in Chicago, but that just meant those who were leaving would be greeted with a genuine warmth as Viktor went around checking up on his new friends before they went to wherever their next steps would take them. He moved with a practiced ease helped by the newer brace around his leg, staff remaining a telltale tap-taptap of his approach.]
[Each of them had been irrevocably changed; circumstances forcing them to adapt and shift to overcome the impossible, each challenging the other to advance before finally emerging as distinctly different forms of themselves in mind and spirit. There was something beautiful to that fraught and difficult process, Viktor thought. As chaotic and anomalous as wild magic was the concept of free will, the resolve and pain and joy and all else that made one human.]
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[But before any of that, there were so many people to seek out; to make plans, say farewells, perhaps even point out a new companion for them to introduce themselves to at some point. He had already made it clear he was staying in Chicago, but that just meant those who were leaving would be greeted with a genuine warmth as Viktor went around checking up on his new friends before they went to wherever their next steps would take them. He moved with a practiced ease helped by the newer brace around his leg, staff remaining a telltale tap-taptap of his approach.]
[Each of them had been irrevocably changed; circumstances forcing them to adapt and shift to overcome the impossible, each challenging the other to advance before finally emerging as distinctly different forms of themselves in mind and spirit. There was something beautiful to that fraught and difficult process, Viktor thought. As chaotic and anomalous as wild magic was the concept of free will, the resolve and pain and joy and all else that made one human.]
[This was something truly worth being called a glorious evolution.]