Again, Nicky paused to think, and again he nodded when he came to his conclussion. If there was even the posibility that he could get his magic back, and everyone else's who had lost theirs, then he was going to do it. He didn't care about the credit if it meant he was doing the right thing.
And really, she might not have known exactly what she was talking about, but every great discovery started somewhere small and insignificant. Maybe Verity, and he, could pull this off. "Yes.. I'll help." Though it sort of felt like he was signing himself over for dangerous scientific experimentation.