Jayce never got a close look at the Hexcore the first time, he was divided by the Council and Viktor was always wrapped around it, not sharing many details about it or his plans. Seeing it from the beginning this time has been fascinating and while it is very much Viktor's project still, it has plenty of Jayce touches in the design, since they did it this time together.

It's still incredible to watch work and even if they expect it to fail again, the glowing energy, the pulse of life, it fills him with both pride and dread. Jayce waits to see how long it will take the plant to die this time, usually it's only a few seconds, but this time it stays. They both are shocked at first but Jayce immediately reaches out for the stopwatch a second before Viktor tells him to. They almost share minds when it comes to the lab, working perfectly in time together.

"T-plus five seconds from this point." He hits the stopwatch since he did track how many seconds were in-between, having held his breath to wait. It starts ticking away and his eyes cannot tear away from the spinning and glowing machine.

"It's so beautiful," he murmurs, somewhat to himself. Because that is how he's always seen Hextech, his beloved invention, but this is something else. And if they're lucky, it is the cure. Once it works, ths Hexcore will have to be destroyed, so for this time only, he can appreciate it.