Victor stepped out of the oblong box. "There is something you should understand. I am different from the others."
"They all say that."
"I am not your friend."
"No?"
"No. You have made yourself an enemy."
Manet felt nothing more at this information than an esthetic pleasure at the symmetry of the situation.
"It completes the final course in socialization," Victor continued. "I am your adversary. I will do everything I can to defeat you. I have all your knowledge. You do not have all your knowledge. If you let yourself know some of the things, it could be used against you. It is my function to use everything I possibly can against you."
"When do you start?"
"I've finished. I've done my worst. I have destroyed the Modifier."
"What's so bad about that?" Manet asked with some interest.