[ Jayce doesn't have what one would call the best self-preservation instincts. Like when Wanda was threatening him in the Horizon, and he asked her about her magic instead of being alarmed. He hears the hissing and he literally just saw Alucard kill people like it was nothing, but he still pauses. He keeps a respectful distance, he doesn't come any closer. ]
Do you mean it is wiser like you want me to leave, or it is wiser but you're struggling and could use a friend?
[ The phrasing is what is making him pause. Sometimes when Viktor says it's smarter to do something, he doesn't mean he wants it, just that his introverted self can't ask for help the way other people do. Alucard said he wasn't okay. ]
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Do you mean it is wiser like you want me to leave, or it is wiser but you're struggling and could use a friend?
[ The phrasing is what is making him pause. Sometimes when Viktor says it's smarter to do something, he doesn't mean he wants it, just that his introverted self can't ask for help the way other people do. Alucard said he wasn't okay. ]