[there's a long silence, and Vi softens. she can tell that he's genuine in his regret, and she understands. understands trying to do something good and fucking it all up -- maybe not in the grand scope of what he'd been a part of, but a problem nonetheless.]

You're not the only failure around here.

[if she hadn't fucked with those gems to begin with, if she hadn't made that mess, would they all still be in the same position? Silco still had his experiments, sure, but her and her siblings had sent off such an intense butterfly effect that it'd hurt. Piltover coming down hard on the Lanes, Silco acting out and accelerating his Shimmer production, Vander dying, the list goes on and on.

she shakes it off, eyes focusing back on Viktor.]

C'mon, you hungry? Or I could take you to the inn until you find somewhere to live, or something.