That's just... what you are, Jayce. A, a precious stone. Carved with a rune, even.
[So much sentimentality is spilling out of him now. It's really unlike Viktor, so used to holding such emotion down. Having been without his feelings entirely, they all floods back in rapidly. He felt his entire person disappear, face oblivion, then kickstart anew.
Viktor does feel very, terribly and wonderfully, alive.]
I'll carry that rock around the rest of my life. Like you did.
[He wonders if he should tell Jayce what he's done. How Viktor has managed to "repaired" him. He wonders if it would be too disturbing to know. If the process was better left unexplained.
This is Jayce. He takes comfort in knowledge, in understanding how things work. He should not be denied that about himself. The man has never been incurious.]
... you carry a part of me now. Your heart was- nonfunctional. [Torn to absolute shreds is more accurate, but Viktor speaks in more scientific terms,]
I replaced yours with mine. So you would not risk... a, a rejection of the transfusion. It isn't very strong, but it does what is required. I hope that's... alright.
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[So much sentimentality is spilling out of him now. It's really unlike Viktor, so used to holding such emotion down. Having been without his feelings entirely, they all floods back in rapidly. He felt his entire person disappear, face oblivion, then kickstart anew.
Viktor does feel very, terribly and wonderfully, alive.]
I'll carry that rock around the rest of my life. Like you did.
[He wonders if he should tell Jayce what he's done. How Viktor has managed to "repaired" him. He wonders if it would be too disturbing to know. If the process was better left unexplained.
This is Jayce. He takes comfort in knowledge, in understanding how things work. He should not be denied that about himself. The man has never been incurious.]
... you carry a part of me now. Your heart was- nonfunctional. [Torn to absolute shreds is more accurate, but Viktor speaks in more scientific terms,]
I replaced yours with mine. So you would not risk... a, a rejection of the transfusion. It isn't very strong, but it does what is required. I hope that's... alright.