[ she sits in front of him silently, being extremely attentive and not half-listening for once. her heart sharpens and jitters when it comes to be her hypothesis was proven correct after all. and for a moment, his daughter stays still, not breaking eye contact as the cogs in her mind whirls. but soon, she scoots herself away from the table, then makes her way around so she can stand by his side. her head cocks very subtly to one side, then reaches a gentle hand to rest fondly against his scarred cheek. ]

Nothing can ever pull me apart from you.

[ jinx coos, her thumb brushing and tracing along one of his harden marks. she ponders back to how her days in runeterra had been without him. and maybe if she describes what it was like, he will worry less? it's hard to say, but there's no harm into it saying i. ]

Vi and Ekko... I do love them. They're important to me, like you are. But I'm always going to need you. Just because I know how to... wake up and go through my days okay, doesn't mean I won't miss you at all, or think about you, or... — or I won't need your parental talk in some way.

I wanted you to — [ a brief pause, trying to think of a good phrase. ] "come out" so bad when I was home. I missed hearing you... and seeing you. I kept... wondering if you were proud of me or... whatever I was doing was okay in your eyes. You're my dad, [vander too.] and no one is gonna fill in those shoes.