“Am I interrupting? Remember the Distinguished Innovators competition?”

[Jayce finds Viktor seemingly contemplating suicide, similar to himself all those years ago]

Am I interrupting? [he sits down] Remember the Distinguished Innovators competition?

I remember you notching gears in the carriage over.

They started cranking the engine and the whole thing was rattling. I thought a loose cog was gonna take someone's eye out.

[smiles] At least you didn't throw up.

[chuckles] Everything made sense then.

[after a moment] You have to destroy it.

[thinking he's talking about the hammer] I know.

The Hexcore. [Jayce looks surprised] I... I can't do it. You have to. Please.

[sighs sadly] What about your disease? Without the Hexcore-

[coughs violently] Promise me.

[sad] Okay. Okay. [stands and touches Viktor's shoulder] I promise.

We lost ourselves. Lost our dream. In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good. We have to make it right.

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