Jayce had been excellent about selling the benefits of the Hexgates, but it wasn't until Sevika that he had a greatest sense of what they meant. Spreading an empire sounded catastrophic, whether it was this Herald or Noxus or even Piltover. Obviously a gem of that power would revolutionize their world and it would bring all the powers to their shores.

He had nothing to say on the matter, just watched and listened. What could he say? It did make him wonder about the Shimmer production, some of the confusing information that Jinx had told him about his apparent failure to remain dead. Hairier, a beast, taken in by someone and changed...

Where was he as this beast all this time? Had he been part of the war?

It didn't matter, he decided. This wasn't about him. It was about this cataclysmic event. He met her gaze, and he believed her words. There was something haunted in her gaze, a look he couldn't recall ever seeing in her before.

"I believe you," he replied softly. He did. Yet the invitation to continue remained, open and nonjudgmental. Classic Vander. "I assume that someone found a way out of that predicament, or else... is that the end of it all for Runeterra?" Were they saving the world for naught?