While Viktor comes back down to earth pretty quickly - sadly, time and society have worn down that starry-eyed boy from the fissures - it's with a smile, chuckling at the nudge.

It's funny - that's the moment, for him. The one where Jayce's personality clicks for him. It's a little bumbling. A little roughhousing.

But it's roughhousing.

It's not treating him like glass.

It feels...nice.

"It would be an important experiment to repeat, anyway, after all."