[ try. all he needs is to try. see where he stands in all this to better test out later, when enough time has passed for them to try again, or, try something else. try more. with viktor here, jayce clings onto his metallic framework once he's got his legs hanging off the cargo bed. he starts with sliding his supposedly good leg on the floor, toes first, slowly, steady—
the second he tries to put weight on it his knee gives away like thin twigs. if he hadn't been holding his partner, he'd be down, and even then strength of his grip wouldn't hold him up for long. ]
—Y-yeah, okay.
[ at least— he's not embarrassed by that. let's just not do that by the scruff, which he has half the mind to joke about in the grime of this, but—
you know, maybe that's too insensitive. he won't. ]
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[ try. all he needs is to try. see where he stands in all this to better test out later, when enough time has passed for them to try again, or, try something else. try more. with viktor here, jayce clings onto his metallic framework once he's got his legs hanging off the cargo bed. he starts with sliding his supposedly good leg on the floor, toes first, slowly, steady—
the second he tries to put weight on it his knee gives away like thin twigs. if he hadn't been holding his partner, he'd be down, and even then strength of his grip wouldn't hold him up for long. ]
—Y-yeah, okay.
[ at least— he's not embarrassed by that. let's just not do that by the scruff, which he has half the mind to joke about in the grime of this, but—
you know, maybe that's too insensitive. he won't. ]