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"Classes have finished for today," Viktor said mildly, settling one hip against the sill. "Or was there some question of a physical nature you preferred to raise after hours?"
Jayce enters Zaun undercover, convinced that he is the knight on a white horse come to rescue Viktor. After all, his partner's disappearance left both their laboratory and Jayce's life in shambles.
As it happens, Viktor does not need rescuing. He has opened a school, acquired an accidental cult and attracted Silco's not-entirely-political patronage. He may, however, accept some hands-on assistance from a suspiciously overqualified miner.
Viktor recognizes "Jay" immediately. He lets the lie continue to discover how far the man telling it will go. Soon, the alias becomes less a disguise than an excuse to do everything Jayce and Viktor are still afraid to name.
Neither calls it foreplay, until they do.