[Viktor knows that if Geralt really thought him a danger, or wanted him dead, it probably would have already come to pass. That's not really what he's afraid of, just as she shouldn't be afraid of this conversation leaving the room. He's always respected her privacy, knowing full well that the government could capitalize on her abilities, just as they have seized his own technology.

But there is no guarantee of her safety, not as long as they exist here at the whim of the Singularity.]

The life you have here...everything we've made for ourselves, none of it is really ours. Not as long as it can simply disappear.

[She knows he's learned that the hard way. It's what drives his research now, and he tells himself it's for all of them--so that each person brought here against their will can make a choice.]

I want to protect you, too.

[In the way that he knows how, which he understands by now is not palatable to everyone, despite his intentions.]