[ oh? says the raise of a single brow and the mock surrender befitting him. oh, you know what? then it's totally on. he'll fall in. ]

You caught me. It was my dastardly idea. [ jayce pulls out a pastry from the bag in his hands, analyzing it like he would some kind of metal disk put into the buffers of a massive bolt. but even that is exaggerated for the occasion. ] I thought: How can I make Zaun's most brilliant mind drop his guard?

[ he really does mean viktor is as brilliant as he says, in earnest, but that's not the point. jayce likes to do things with his hands. little tricks. he spins the damn pastry between his fingers and holds it out, within viktor's reach. ]

Turns out, sugar.