[ again this is exactly where they're alike and it's fucking awful, anna, how did we do this. why are they really the same person? but he looks no less sincere when viktor laughs and ducks his head because he fully believes this. ]

As long as it's what you actually want and not because you think you have to. [ he knows viktor knows the difference, but it's worth saying. ] I guess I shouldn't be surprised Lucien wants to see where you're from either.

[ but there's a soft grin with that. ]

I kind of have a feeling it's gonna be a busy year coming up. There's a lot of people I want to see or bring to Tokyo, or...both? We have the opportunity now. Of course I'm gonna say yes. And there's so much I could show you that'd you'd love to see and take apart and rebuild. [ visits? let him visit!! ] ...Scien could probably solve the whole thing for me if I asked, but I don't know if that's entirely what I want. [ partially because he still has a little fear of people manipulating his genes and his body too much and partially because he wants this to come undone by his own hands. ] But I'm not going to say no to other resources and other help. I thought that this was it for me, but...you know. This ship made it really, really obvious I'm actually not as alone in stuff as I thought.