( Jayce can see the change in Viktor for himself, how he's softening back into the man that he knew and loved for all this time. He saw glimpses of him since coming here, and it is why he couldn't hurt him, why he fell into bed with him instead, he knew Viktor was still in there and it stayed his hand. But he can see him returning and pulling away from the coldness Jayce could sense and it's a relief. Neither of them were recognizable as themselves after what they experienced but it didn't have to stay that way.)
No, that's not an option. I already took that off the table. For all you know it'll kill them too.
( By refusing to shoot him when he thought he should have, so Jayce has already decided that is not an acceptable choice. He isn't going to change his mind on that now. And it is true that he has bonded this group of humans together like a hive, they probably would not survive the loss of their center. There has to be another way.)
You don't know yet how to withdraw it, but you can learn. The hexcore may be a part of you but it's not all of you.
( Jayce cups Viktor's face in his large palms.)
You have the strongest mind I know. It misled you, but now that you can see it, you can change it. We're not strangers to doing what seems impossible.
( Jayce doesn't have the answer either as to what Viktor should do here though. He's not in his body, in his mind. He just took them to some kind of astral plane where he can see everything all at once, that's far beyond what Jayce can fathom let alone control. So in this case he has no real power outside of trying to convince Viktor that he's capable of handling this.
His lover has always been so certain of himself and independent so this may be new and uncomfortable to him, but he can push past it. Jayce is proof that doubting oneself doesn't have to break a person unless they choose to let it. He's full of doubt, or at least he was, until right now. Now he's confident. This was the right path. Viktor will stop it from happening and he fulfilled his role that mage-Viktor told him.)
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No, that's not an option. I already took that off the table. For all you know it'll kill them too.
( By refusing to shoot him when he thought he should have, so Jayce has already decided that is not an acceptable choice. He isn't going to change his mind on that now. And it is true that he has bonded this group of humans together like a hive, they probably would not survive the loss of their center. There has to be another way.)
You don't know yet how to withdraw it, but you can learn. The hexcore may be a part of you but it's not all of you.
( Jayce cups Viktor's face in his large palms.)
You have the strongest mind I know. It misled you, but now that you can see it, you can change it. We're not strangers to doing what seems impossible.
( Jayce doesn't have the answer either as to what Viktor should do here though. He's not in his body, in his mind. He just took them to some kind of astral plane where he can see everything all at once, that's far beyond what Jayce can fathom let alone control. So in this case he has no real power outside of trying to convince Viktor that he's capable of handling this.
His lover has always been so certain of himself and independent so this may be new and uncomfortable to him, but he can push past it. Jayce is proof that doubting oneself doesn't have to break a person unless they choose to let it. He's full of doubt, or at least he was, until right now. Now he's confident. This was the right path. Viktor will stop it from happening and he fulfilled his role that mage-Viktor told him.)