[ the more you dig, the less answers you actually have. at least for a little while— jayce was used to it. most research end up failures. ]

It's as much of a leap as what I'm doing now, so, [ jayce shrugs through a final chunk of chocolate, ] yes.

[ they don't have proof, they don't have a good number of subjects for a favorable sample size, even. just two? it's hardly enough for data to look concrete at all. they're already very different from each other in terms of symptoms, even if . . . they seem to meet at the same end point. seem. ]

It's a hypothesis. The more data, the closer you are to proof, so— if anything else changes, Blake, be sure to come find me.

[ something occurs to him, though. ]

And if I'm not around, look for Viktor. Or Serph.