[ This barely registers as something other than mundane to Viktor at this point and he talks about it, with those he trusts, as such. That said, he is used to the looks of abject horror or revulsion, and he is curious as to why this young man has little reaction. ]

I can. You should have the volumes here, assuming the collections are similar between the cities. If not, I will find new ones.

[ Viktor isn't adverse to texting, but his texts will be dry for the foreseeable future. ]

There were no other options left. If I was going to live, sacrifices needed to be made. [ That says nothing about the additional augments he had made that were vain, nor the ones that stripped him of— ] My humanity was a weakness, and so I removed the offensive parts.