Viktor's eyebrows knit together in apparent confusion--because Blake can't just say something like that and not explain the nature of the project, or why and how it nearly killed that many people. To have his own work compared to such a thing is almost offensive, especially when he doesn't even know what equivalence is being drawn.
"What sort of project? What was it meant to do?"
He supposes, though, that Blake asks a fair question. Given how tight-lipped he is about his own past, the focus on the mines might seem strange. Of course, he doesn't want the automatons to be restricted to just the mines, but it is an obvious place to start.
"Mining and factory work are the primary forms of employment where I'm from." There are some details missing, namely the fact that Viktor himself has been a student and a researcher in Piltover for more than a decade, at this point, but he doesn't consider himself from there. And it doesn't change the conditions for those in the Undercity. "The human and environmental costs are immense. It doesn't have to be that way."
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"What sort of project? What was it meant to do?"
He supposes, though, that Blake asks a fair question. Given how tight-lipped he is about his own past, the focus on the mines might seem strange. Of course, he doesn't want the automatons to be restricted to just the mines, but it is an obvious place to start.
"Mining and factory work are the primary forms of employment where I'm from." There are some details missing, namely the fact that Viktor himself has been a student and a researcher in Piltover for more than a decade, at this point, but he doesn't consider himself from there. And it doesn't change the conditions for those in the Undercity. "The human and environmental costs are immense. It doesn't have to be that way."