Despite the fact that Disney's Frozen does not exist in Runeterra, the years of interacting with politicians and wealthy patrons for the sake of Hextech has taught Jayce a certain level of conceal, don't feel -- enough to maintain appearances, anyway. It is this skill, in addition to the Doctor's request, that keeps Jayce in check despite the slight furrow to his brow when it becomes obvious that Viktor is intentionally ignoring him.

"Sure," he says, a casual, throw-away remark to avoid too-long of a silence on his end, though he thinks the suspected pattern is of greater diagnostic value -- but as he keeps an eye out for both factors, and does indeed show, through the rearranging of pieces, that there is a pattern -- the pieces remain individual.