[The salvaged crowbar and jumper cables have been left scatter on the ground, if Akechi wants to collect those back up. Viktor is definitely not bending back down to get them, at this point. He's on his feet, that's too precarious to risk,]

Not from the arcane? Hah. How... fascinating. [he sounds genuinely intrigued by that, having studied the subject of magic in his world a whole lot from someone... not considered a mage. He was a scientist. Is a scientist...]

I've been bold enough for one day, I believe. Do you know how to... fix that motorbike you mentioned? [He could really use a task, a project, to put his mind away from what he just saw and heard......]