Eh, no, I think I would have gone utterly mad with nothing to do. Fortunately, there are a tremendous amount of things to study. [Spoken brightly while his hands moved over the kitchen counter, his words rapidly started picking up in intensity; the kind of way Viktor always spoke when he was excited about whatever breakthrough he was having.] You will not believe the kind of technology here, and what most other worlds find completely normal. Electrical engineering, Jayce--literal lightning in a bottle used as a power source. Steam and clockwork are considered archaic to most as far as I have been able to tell, and chemtech as we know it doesn't seem common eith-...

[Viktor trailed off as he glanced up; not yet noticing the rune where the awkward way he stood round was far more obvious.]

...Nothing will catch fire if you sit down, you realize. Please, make yourself comfortable.