[ Jayce moves and Viktor follows him, a sunflower tracking the path of the sun. His bent legs fold to the side and nearly brush against Jayce next to him, and while he holds one book in his lap, the other stays aloft as he holds it with the spine in his palm and allows gravity to pull the pages apart and grant him a quick sample of the contents. ]
That's right. [ There's a smile in his voice, both proud of Jayce's intelligence and also enjoying that he might seek validation from Viktor. It's a hint of the past, of them working together in the lab and Jayce showing him calculations just to get a bit of praise rather than actually second-guessing his work. ] It's quite an ambitious title.
[ Scanning the page that had been randomly selected for him, his eyes catch a familiar word that stands out amidst a sentence. The universe doesn't allow perfection. He shivers from the cold stone that sinks into his stomach and gently closes the tome, setting it on the blanket beside him to abandon it in favor of the other. ] And this one? What drew you to it?
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That's right. [ There's a smile in his voice, both proud of Jayce's intelligence and also enjoying that he might seek validation from Viktor. It's a hint of the past, of them working together in the lab and Jayce showing him calculations just to get a bit of praise rather than actually second-guessing his work. ] It's quite an ambitious title.
[ Scanning the page that had been randomly selected for him, his eyes catch a familiar word that stands out amidst a sentence. The universe doesn't allow perfection. He shivers from the cold stone that sinks into his stomach and gently closes the tome, setting it on the blanket beside him to abandon it in favor of the other. ] And this one? What drew you to it?