[ Life needs death, and what is Viktor if not life? Regardless of the ties he holds to the Underworld, to death, he is not of death in the same way that Emet-Selch is. He is far more cyclical - death and rebirth, reformed into a new shape with each life, where Emet-Selch has for better worse but mostly worse, stayed very near stagnant until recently.

While he wishes to belabor the point, there is no reason to. To drag multiple reassurances out of him would not make Emet-Selch feel better, nor would it solve the issue at hand because it has been solved. The horse is quite dead, he needn't beat it further. Busying himself with plating the next set of fingerfood, he's very nearly started when Viktor reaches out, winding fingers around his wrist to still him. ]

I shall hold you to that promise.

[ There's an inherent worry that comes with what he attempts to do by linking Viktor; Viktor is unpredictable. This is often not in a bad way; he'd found Aepymetes' unpredictable nature charming, if slightly irritating at times where it conflicted with what Emet-Selch thought needed done in a specific way according to specific rules. Viktor is not about to reverse the process of life and death to suit his needs. If he's being truthful, the worry is not and would never be Viktor but instead Emet-Selch, refusing to accept the death of Viktor if it weren't of old age. The thought sits, uncomfortable, Viktor's gentle touch a slight balm. ]

Eat, instead of gazing at me. I refuse to carry you back to the Crystarium nor do I wish to find out how much bribery your bird would take to assist in the process.