[ It's so easy, for Silco, whose little clockwork mind has been thinking, dreaming, considering Zaun and her future for so long that it's almost impulse. Problem comes up? Solve it. Even when he'd been ostracized from the Lanes for all those years, he was still building... something. An organization, funding, everything that would be needed for a takeover, so that he could continue his pursuit.
He thinks of other things, of course, especially now, all this time away. Most of his mind has been focused on... her. If she's okay, what happened, how to fix this, how to solve this. He's been circling it like water down the drain.
It's like a slight relief in pressure, like the cap has popped off, and there's a focus in his eyes that wasn't there before. Something to chew on that isn't the expected demise β the question of how β and Silco...
Silco was so easily manipulated by someone who knew him best. Who knew what he would focus on.
It's easiest when it's his daughter. How many times had he redirected her? Isn't it just fitting that she do so to him, in this moment.
And he doesn't even realize it. ]
They can't have you.
[ He said it, firmly, forcefully.
Silco hasn't even been offered that yet, but some things remain constant. ]
Even Sevika wouldn't. She can organize some things, but she's... [ Blunt. Brusque. Great at Doing, but people do not follow the people who get The Work Done. ] She's good to work with. She will make things happen.
The enforcer will have to be disappointed, but if Noxus is involved, we need to know what it is that they want. You? No, they would simply take.
[ There would be no working with Piltover, then. ]
There must be something greater. Noxus knows only one language. [ Thankfully, it's a language he knows well. ] Power.
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He thinks of other things, of course, especially now, all this time away. Most of his mind has been focused on... her. If she's okay, what happened, how to fix this, how to solve this. He's been circling it like water down the drain.
It's like a slight relief in pressure, like the cap has popped off, and there's a focus in his eyes that wasn't there before. Something to chew on that isn't the expected demise β the question of how β and Silco...
Silco was so easily manipulated by someone who knew him best. Who knew what he would focus on.
It's easiest when it's his daughter. How many times had he redirected her? Isn't it just fitting that she do so to him, in this moment.
And he doesn't even realize it. ]
They can't have you.
[ He said it, firmly, forcefully.
Silco hasn't even been offered that yet, but some things remain constant. ]
Even Sevika wouldn't. She can organize some things, but she's... [ Blunt. Brusque. Great at Doing, but people do not follow the people who get The Work Done. ] She's good to work with. She will make things happen.
The enforcer will have to be disappointed, but if Noxus is involved, we need to know what it is that they want. You? No, they would simply take.
[ There would be no working with Piltover, then. ]
There must be something greater. Noxus knows only one language. [ Thankfully, it's a language he knows well. ] Power.