The truth is his heart may know where it wants to be, but it's aching too. Getting some fresh air was necessary, his mind has to be clearer if he was going to be able to accomplish anything. That is one of his fears right now, that he isn't at his best, so dragged down by fear and sadness.

"I'm not the only one involved in the surgery, there's a lot of balls flying through the air. We don't have a surgeon we can use in Cadens, so Strange is helping walk us and Nadine through it. There's still testing happening." There's Alucard too and his serum. So many things going on at once. It's why he could take a few minutes to come here, he is not a part of every single thing leading up to it.

Jayce sighs and touches her hair to his cheek, closing his eyes briefly. They're burning so by the time he opens them again, there are tears shimmering. He has never really been ashamed of crying, which is a good thing since he is a sensitive man and prone to it. Anyone would feel that way about this.

"It honestly will be a miracle if we can pull this off, Wanda. Everything is against us. We don't have the right doctors or the safest equipment, we barely know what the Hexcore really is." For someone who tries so hard to be optimistic, he's struggling.