[ viktor hums — even just from this short conversation, it is obvious that havemercy seems to adore his mother, or at least holds her in high esteem.

instead of saying that, though, he simply nods. ] There are uses to botany. Biology is not my main field of expertise, but there are useful possibilities for it. Organic methods for air purification, for one.

[ he does not think of poisons, at all, actually... and then, with a vague shrug and an even vaguer eh, ] Not particularly. I'm a scientist.