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Don't let it go to your head. [ Too late. ]

The enforcer may be the only one with the skills, but don't discount the Wonder Boys, Vander. Talis has a perfectly soft exterior, but he's very much willing to take what he must, and if he gets that hammer of his, or powers it up, you'll see precisely how willing he is. I know you think you can handle it, but it would come at great cost.

[ Reminding him that Silco knows a lot more than he lets on.

Sure, he wasn't the combat expert, but he was able to collect, categorize, and point out the things that Vander didn't. This was the most civil conversation they had, but he knew as well as Vander did that if push came to shove, and it was topside versus the Zaunites... if Vander was on their side, and willing to actually do what was necessary? They were dangerous.

Wasn't that half the reason why Silco needed to be eliminated? Beyond the anger, beyond the strife... if Silco lived, Vander would fight back. ]

Clearly, Jinx needs a reminder of what not to say.

[ Heaven help him, his daughter could not keep her mouth shut. ]

Me? Try to provoke that? Why, Vander, you've got it all wrong. I simply detest you.

[ No, he's 100% right. Which is why he bald-faced lied. ]

Talis has the upper body strength, I agree, but you think his years at a forge match my years of combat even old and burnt low as I am? Tell me about this hammer because if this goes sour, the thing that I can lose will be something I'll give everything for.

[And look at them working and strategizing relatively cooperatively. It annoyed him, but that could also be his current emotional state as he marched to the Kiramman mansion to steal. It could also be that this glimpse of what cooperation looked like was opening a door just a crack of them not continually fighting day after day, week after week, year after year.]

While I expect I should talk to her about that because you can't set a boundary with her to save your own damn life, I actually think she will listen to you over me. Remind her what is at stake.

[He almost threw a sardonic joke that if she did what she was told, Vander would be nice to Silco for 10 minutes a day for a week. He wasn't willing to risk that, and it would blow up this conversation to fighting immediately he knew.]

I can read your sugary sweet fake tone even in this text. You used it on kids all the time, but I see through it. [By Janna's tits Silco, stop lying about what they both knew.] Glad I can continually disappoint you, as usual.

Reports are that it shoots energy. Just because you have experience doesn't mean you've dealt with the hextech at length. Think about that. You'll need to work around that, especially if he gets you at a distance.

He killed a lot of my people once.

[ Yeah, contentious. It's surprisingly open, but Vander was a Zaunite. He would stand against Topside if they went too far. Fool that he was for siding with the enforcers, but Silco knew as well as he did.

When push came to shove... ]

Jinx doesn't need boundaries. She deserves to be free.

[ There it was. That philosophy. It's more than that, of course, but Silco wouldn't self-reflect his way out of a paper bag, especially when it came to two things: Jinx, and Vander. ]

Vander you have been disappointing me since that day in the Pilt. It would be more an achievement if you impressed me.

[ He doesn't add that... well. This is the closest he's gotten. ]

What you're saying is that you've never actually seen it or actually know what it's abilities are? I'll keep an eye out for energy blasts, but that's pretty common with most hextech from what I've seen. I'll keep your advice in mind if it goes towards the usual brutality. He's on the Council. We could claim a lot more casualties to policy just as much, I imagine. Another pile of dead trenchers; we know how that goes.

[He decided not to tell Silco that Jayce had provided him use of an atlas gauntlet in the past, so he had mucked around with the technology. He had accidentally activated the shield once, and he suspected he could do it again under pressure. That wasn't knowledge that was worthwhile to provide.]

She is free, but she needs to know where the line in the sand is for what is and isn't appropriate. You know. Parenting. [He was not interested in a philosophical debate on parenting styles, aware that they would not come to agreement on that one. Janna only knew it was a miracle they were agreeing to much of anything at present.] I'm all for upkeeping your doggedly bad opinions of me. It saves you having to put in effort otherwise. Hence why there is no particular point trying to find common ground under most circumstances. Do we have anything else to discuss?

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