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brows furrow slightly, the words leaving his lips before he can truly process vkktor's relief, “ what happened ? ” but even after jayce asks, his mind begins to fill in the blanks. the raid, the fleeing, the shot. his head tilts slightly, his hand lifting to his own chest, resting where he'd remembered the bullet bursting through his skin. “ i was shot ... ” he continues, at this point more so thinking out loud, his attention far from the man before him. hands on his shoulders a d i s t a n t feeling as he drops his gaze to look down at what at become of him. jayce isn't sure what feeling is rattling around in his chest, a mix of confusion, maybe frustration. maybe he's scared. but as he lifts his gaze to look to viktor he asks, “ what did you do ? ”

she isn't sure why but it seems her attention is all over the place,   ever since she woke up this morning   (   thankful   that   it   was   the   weekend   ).   just as she thinks she'll be able to   finally   focus on the canvas in front of her,   eyes capture something out of the corner of her eye,   someone   jogging.   it isn't   uncommon,   there are always people who were fit,   needed their exercise.   however,   it's someone she   doesn't   recognize,   someone who no doubt had to be new to the neighbourhood.   brows furrow for only a moment as she thinks to herself,   she doesn't remember seeing any   new   shop set up,   doesn't remember anyone talking to her about a new person.   and yet,   her attention is captured.   however,   it   seems   as   though   she   isn't   the   only   one,   a quick glance to viktor tells her all she needs to know.   they were both watching him.   how   peculiar.   it seems like   introductions   might be needed from the both of them.

     𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴  𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸  𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼  𝗵𝗶𝘀  𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿  𝗮𝘀  𝗵𝗲  𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗱  𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿  𝗮𝘁  𝘃𝗶𝗸𝘁𝗼𝗿,     unsure  of  how  much  he  should  actually  shared  with  him  and  not  surprised  that  the  younger  man  could  tell  when  inspiritation  struck.     it  was  possibly  the  scientist  in  him,  or  just  the  many  years  they  had  spent  working  alongside  each  other.     but  recently  he  had  begun  to  have  his  doubts  on  exactly  what  it  was  viktor  truly  wanted,  where  his  allegiance  actually  lied  and  he  hated  feeling  like  he  potentially  couldn't     𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁     him.     viktor  was  someone  he  didn't  think  he  would  ever  have  these  doubts,  he  had  known  for  so  long  and  he  had  been  so  sure  he  always  knew  where  his  loyalities  laid.     call  him  paranoid,  but  he  was  starting  to  question  a  lot  recently  and  it  seemed  the  closer  they  got  to  finally  getting  what  he  wanted  for  so  many  years,  the  more  people  seemed  to  make  him  doubt,     "     all  in  good  time.     don't  want  to  spoil  the  surprise,     "     

setting the cup down,   a heavy sigh leaves lips.   ❛   you're  going  to  think   …   i'm   crazy   but  i'm  not  sure  who   else   to  tell.   ❜   surely,   if viktor had   believed   jayce's dream in his own timeline   …   he would believe   this   too.   ❛   do  you  believe  it's  possible  to  be  sent  into  a  different  timeline     ⸻     universe.   there's   …   no   scientific   proof  that  it's  a  possibility  but,   what  if  i  told  you  it  is   ?   ❜   as eyes shift to meet viktor's once more,   there's a   glint   of something behind dark eyes,   as though he was speaking on it personally.   hoping   that   viktor   might   understand.   

“   ⸺   Maybe  'cause  I'm  not  fuckin'  hungry, ”  she  replies  with  a  huff.

     𝐭𝐡𝐞  𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥  𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞  𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝  𝐡𝐢𝐦  𝐭𝐨  𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤  𝐭𝐨  𝐡𝐢𝐬  𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭,     a  smile  pulling  at  his  lips  as  he  looks  from  the  child  to  his  lower  right  leg,  nodding  his  head,     "     yeah  i  did.     it's  a  little  rough,  not  my  finest  work,  but  i  had  to  do  something,     "     felix  admits,  he  had  very  little  options  after  that  day,  he  needed  to  be  up  and  moving  about.     it  wasn't  like  he  didn't  know  what  he  was  doing,  he  had  made  plenty  of  robotic  limbs  for  other  people  down  here,  giving  them  command  of  their  lives  again.     never  did  he  think  he  would  end  up  making  one  for  himself,     "     working  on  a  new  one  that  will  be  better  than  this,     "     he  shrugs,  hoping  the  new  one  will  be  stronger,  give  him  better  range  of  movement  and  would  mean  that  he  could  walk  anywhere  without  needing  to  be  looked  after  by  his  nieces  or  friends  of  vander  doing  him  a  favour.     blue  eyes  glance  at  the  cane  that  the  boy  was  clutching  onto,  it  was  kids  like  this  that  had     𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝     him  to  do  this  sort  of  work  in  the  first  place,  to  build  things  that  could  improve  the  lives  of  the  kids  that  were  stuck  down  here.     looking  at  him  with  a  small  smile,     "     you  interested  in  building  things  like  this?     i  can  show  you  how,  if  you  want     -     i'm  felix,  what's your  name?     "