People were simply frightened of its power. They certainly changed their minds once my research partner and I gave them an effective way to harness it.

[And a way to make money from it, more importantly. He sounds just a little embittered, not dissimilar to the way Emilia likely feels. She reminds him of their current predicament and Viktor lets out a breathy little laugh, no real humor in it.]

Yes, I suppose we do.