Jayce might have gone into the Horizon sooner if he knew people would be worried, but he also had a very difficult time right after the attack happened. He sort of froze entirely and it took a little time to shake him out of it, so those first few days, he was dazed. Not in a good headspace.

They have been working nonstop on preparing for the relief work to Libertas, getting supplies together, making tools, and he's been filling up his bigger-on-the-inside satchel with whatever they'll need to walk through with. It will be any day now that they get to go. So right then, magical focus is the most he can do.

Like usual he can sense when someone is in their space so by the time Kell sits next to him, he isn't startled. But even here, despite people can appear and be whatever they want in the Horizon, Jayce looks worn out. Harried. The meditation room is as calming as possible. He doesn't mind the distraction and Kell must have been worried.

"We're not good," he admits, honestly. Sometimes Jayce really tries to put a pleasant face on for others or seem optimistic, but it would be really out of tune and it's also not the truth. "They're letting us go probably tomorrow, for relief work. It's ... apparently it's very bad there." Jayce can't really prepare for how bad.