Just watching Jayce start to work is enthralling in its own right, and he smiles to himself when the equations materialize on the blackboard and he recognizes the math. Maybe there's something bittersweet about all this, that Jayce is trying to recreate a time where everything seemed less complicated. It's nice to see, in some ways, affirming his commitment to re-focusing on their partnership now that there are no political distractions in the way, but Viktor can't help but feel like it might be fleeting, regardless. There's no escaping the real world, even with the Horizon available to them.

"I haven't made the attempt myself, but from what I've experienced the effect is...less than authentic. Some things are simply too complex, even for a place like this." In his wanderings, he's seen the domains of other summoned--some have attempted it, but he'd found it unsettling and not something he'd be willing to try. "Besides, it seems, ehn. Slightly irresponsible, from an ethics standpoint."

Not that he thinks he can really talk about ethics, anymore, but that's not something he's going to say out loud.

"Animals, however, are possible."

And he is, of course, speaking from experience.