[viktor's lips quirk despite himself, and not even in the typical polite smile. normally he'd roll his eyes about being even remotely swayed by a pretty pair of eyes but eh, why not? if it made the evening a little more entertaining, and if he didn't start some sort of incident. even the latter would at least be interesting and, ultimately, heimendinger's problem.

he's ready to make some vague flirting comment back about how the man is dressed when oh, he's recognized. that's not new, persay, but it's usually followed with asking where jayce is or business talk.] Oh wonderful, I was hoping those were out of circulation by now. Co-founder yes, and I am Viktor.

[he offers his hand, though a look of genuine surprise nearly stalls him when- oh, an academic. some part of his head rings around the thought of red pens and a wholly inappropriate flush of warmth before he can't help some of the polite society mask falling to a little snort.]

Oh, did you count? Please, tell me about the 'lackadaisical approach to citation,' that's one I get a lot. Apparently quips in the footnotes is 'unprofessional.'