silence greeted viktor as mel had a quiet, personal debate with herself. the question is a fair one: there is no doubt about that. for all of the personal & professional investment that she had put forward into hextech, beyond the obvious, political & economic advantages that it had to piltover, she had always offered exceptionally little insight to those around her on the matter, even those who might find it relevant. a deep breath drew in through her nose, exhaling silently with a part of her lips as she straightened her spine, standing just a little taller than before as her hands came to fold behind the small of her back. jayce was easier to answer, sometimes, she thought. that was her own bias at play, but he was sometimes easier to... lead away from the hard questions, in a way viktor was not.
“it appears that there are a great many things changing for piltover right now.” it was a non - answer, a politician’s favorite kind of answer. she thought herself better than that, but most of the time, she was not. “it is in our best interest to try & keep up with that, don’t you agree?”