[ Jayce ignores the Thornean guards entirely to focus on the birds and to watch Stephen use his magic with deep interest. He may be decent at magic himself now, but there is always more to learn. He insisted they rope Stephen in because he was realistic about his ability. He is in no way bored of magic, despite it being everywhere, he just loves it more and more every day. ]

Like Stephen said, if this goes the way we think it will, we'll need something better than one of these birds up there.

[ They can only do so much, but they'll all find it far more valuable to have human eyes on it. Jayce waits for Viktor to seem satisfied everything is connecting as it should, and he holds his breath for a moment. ]

Here we go.

[ Jayce sets the birds off and they go zipping up into the air, quicker and smoother than they did that first day. For a few minutes they all hover high up above as they take in information from Viktor's signal, and then they're off fast and fall out of view. Jayce set them to go to multiple directions and only to follow the signal to prove that the location they suspected was where it would all lead.

Just as they hoped for, despite them flying in slightly different locations to start with, they all start to change direction and aim directly over the island they can see from where they stand. It's still a distance away, but it secured that the island they knew was farther north couldn't possibly be the location. Before their very eyes and using the technology, they can see that the birds on the receiver and the tracking signal are stronger than before. The magic made it practically glow with energy and certainty.

He glances over at Viktor and flashes a smile. ]

Got them.