[No. Nope! Viktor definitely has not heard that one before.
He's also not been pulled into so desperate a bear hug. His shoulders jolt up and his back stiffens, but he doesn't struggle nor pull away. Hand just flutter his fingers into the open air a moment, letting his crutch go to fall to the ground, before veeery tentatively letting both arms curl around to touch Jayce. Uh. There... there? There there. Pat pat...
What is happening!?]
Jayce... Jayce, [what should he even say? "It will be okay"? It won't be! Not if they get swarmed by monsters because the man is loudly sobbing-]
Please, get a hold of yourself. It's not safe in the open like this. [the monsters are chasing down the very distracting cybertruck for the moment, but when they don't find anything inside, what then? Viktor tugs on the man's jacket, a token gesture of trying to lift him up even if Viktor's tiny arms absolutely cannot do that, especially not while down on his knees in the mud.]
We need to find better shelter- to wait until this dies down. [Viktor can't recognize the twisted Mercury Hammer for what it is at a glance, much like he couldn't know this scrappy looking fellow was the esteemed Jayce Talis... he presumes they're defenseless, and they are, if Jayce cannot compose himself enough to use the unknown weapon he brought with him,]
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He's also not been pulled into so desperate a bear hug. His shoulders jolt up and his back stiffens, but he doesn't struggle nor pull away. Hand just flutter his fingers into the open air a moment, letting his crutch go to fall to the ground, before veeery tentatively letting both arms curl around to touch Jayce. Uh. There... there? There there. Pat pat...
What is happening!?]
Jayce... Jayce, [what should he even say? "It will be okay"? It won't be! Not if they get swarmed by monsters because the man is loudly sobbing-]
Please, get a hold of yourself. It's not safe in the open like this. [the monsters are chasing down the very distracting cybertruck for the moment, but when they don't find anything inside, what then? Viktor tugs on the man's jacket, a token gesture of trying to lift him up even if Viktor's tiny arms absolutely cannot do that, especially not while down on his knees in the mud.]
We need to find better shelter- to wait until this dies down. [Viktor can't recognize the twisted Mercury Hammer for what it is at a glance, much like he couldn't know this scrappy looking fellow was the esteemed Jayce Talis... he presumes they're defenseless, and they are, if Jayce cannot compose himself enough to use the unknown weapon he brought with him,]