[The answer is that the business he’s looking to do is his own, though Viktor is realistic enough to know he’s not going to be able to do what he wants here without making himself useful to someone in exchange for the resources he needs. He’s not necessarily a stranger to that kind of quid-pro-quo, but back home there was an entire second person to handle that aspect of their work. Here, he’ll have to figure it out on his own.

So he needs to be making all the allies he can get. Luckily, it seems like favors and services are also in play.]

I could be of use here. [He gestures broadly to the storefronts. Fixing things. Building things. Cadens seems to be on the cusp of quite a few technological breakthroughs—he’s positive he could help them along, if he hasn’t already bruised too many egos.] Or to you, if you need equipment repaired or improved. I’ll need to secure a work space, eventually.

[Preferably sooner, rather than later.]