-“You’re going to save them and for what? They don’t appreciate you!”
Orianna took a heavy, troubled sigh. She looked out her window at the glistening city of Piltover, smoke still billowing from Jinx’s latest attack. It hurt Orianna deeply to see her city in such disrepair. Father wouldn’t like to see his home like this.
“I know that, Ezreal. But we must all play our part before the curtain falls, or else the show will end in disaster. No matter what my role in this...Mess is, I will fulfill it with all of my being. If people mock my clockwork form, if they revile the Ball and I, if people riot in the streets, I must continue on!” Orianna clutched her chest tightly, programmed tears stinging at her eyes.
The clocktower suddenly chimed, signaling noon to the clockwork and Ezreal. With renewed purpose, she wiped her tears away and turned to face the blonde explorer.
“What else would you have me do? Stand idly by while the city burns around me, waiting until the flames crawl up my legs and consume every fiber of my being before I act? Or would you have me stand alone, listening to the thrumming music of this battle and not dance? I know you care, Ezreal. I know you care immensely. But this is what Father would want, and I must fulfill my purpose. Please understand,” Orianna passionately replied, placing her hand on Ezreal shoulder as she walked by him, “if I don’t act, I may as well die. If I cannot fulfill my purpose, then I am useless. A useless machine is thrown away. Do you understand?’