[Viktor spares a weak, if unforced smile. Even if everything is going so wrong, he cannot help the spark of joy a little humor brings him. Even if it's dark comedy,]
Can't... get rid of me that easy.
[He's always fighting to stick around. Only recently had he ever strayed towards his more intrusive thoughts, of which Jayce so kindly interrupted him from. Pulled him from the edge with just a few words, as Viktor once had for him. He reaches for Jayce again, but hesitates seeing his own hand. Not wanting another blowback, like the one he just caused, the hand falls to rest limp on his own chest. Viktor's lips push against each other, looking to Jayce with remorse,]
... I was hoping... to not have to explain this to you. [how he changed himself, that is, how he failed to utilize the Hexcore without hurting someone else in the process. It filled him with too much shame to tell Jayce about, not when the man was trying so hard to fix things between Piltover and Zaun... it was too selfish a burden to add to his partner, Viktor kept it to himself.]
no subject
Can't... get rid of me that easy.
[He's always fighting to stick around. Only recently had he ever strayed towards his more intrusive thoughts, of which Jayce so kindly interrupted him from. Pulled him from the edge with just a few words, as Viktor once had for him. He reaches for Jayce again, but hesitates seeing his own hand. Not wanting another blowback, like the one he just caused, the hand falls to rest limp on his own chest. Viktor's lips push against each other, looking to Jayce with remorse,]
... I was hoping... to not have to explain this to you. [how he changed himself, that is, how he failed to utilize the Hexcore without hurting someone else in the process. It filled him with too much shame to tell Jayce about, not when the man was trying so hard to fix things between Piltover and Zaun... it was too selfish a burden to add to his partner, Viktor kept it to himself.]