Jayce reaches over to stop the stopwatch a few seconds too late, but at least it's done, since Viktor shut off the Hexcore. He does feel a little frustrated, like they couldn't possibly have a few seconds to be optimistic before it had to be smushed, but he does logically understand it. Logic and emotions don't always work in sync, as they both know. It's why he doesn't argue and simply listens.

"That's why you shouldn't connect to it more than you have to. I wouldn't do too many tests with it directly, the minimum amount." They have to test it in multiple ways, but as far as he can tell, the bleed over happens when Viktor allows it to feed off his energy too much. Hopefully with Alucard's blood being involved it'll cling to him a lot less than it did before.

"You did it alone, that's why it ended up that way. It's not going to happen here." There are too many people right in the middle of it. They'll be able to disconnect him. Jayce has faith. He puts his hand on Viktor's shoulder, warm and a little heavy. "I'll destroy it, like I promised."