Jayce wishes all the time he could go back. Not to this minute, though, to later, when he and Viktor proved the theory and the entire world seemed ahead of them, unstoppable. Those were the good years full of discovery and excitement, brilliance and fun, before the weight of the world fell onto Jayce's broad shoulders and kept pressing down until he was ready to break.

"I really thought it was over after this, but my partner was there, we didn't know each other then, he approached me later and helped me solve the problem. Together we finished it." Viktor saved his life. Jayce glances over at the crowd and he finds Viktor, pointing at him. It's dark in the rest of the room, but he's in some of the light. In case Kell ever comes across the other engineer later. Jayce is always so quick to give Viktor every ounce of credit he deserves, since he knows he's the only one who ever would.

"Magic has always been in the hands of people born to it, and they have not always used it well. So anyone who could never imagine having magic themselves, fear its power. Until we proved anyone could use magic, with the right tool." So it was a question of access. Once Hextech existed, magic was less terrifying or alien, it was real and it was there. And normal people could see it right in front of them. Jayce is pensive. "A mage saved my life when I was a child, my mother and I were going to die, and he teleported us to safety. I loved magic, I just wanted everyone else to see what I did."

The beauty more than the power. The wonderful things it could do, in the right hands.