[And that is why, he thinks, his daughter and him must get along so well. Misfits, the both of them. And he, as a misfit himself, with his awkwardness in a role most people would die for a chance to have, understands it well.]
I will say I'm a little surprised. I had the impression you had all the respect you craved for, in your position.
[ But Silco was hungry, and greedy. Or perhaps, more accurately, he knew that outside of the city, there were still those who did not. Those that looked down on them like they were simply the dirt and muck under their boots.
Only good as the profit they could make. ]
There is a saying where we come from. The richest Zaunite is no better than the poorest in Piltover. If I cannot be respected, what of the rest of us? No matter what we achieve, we still do not have what we need to succeed further. Respect.
[ That's complicated, isn't it? A long time ago, he would have said that it was only respect. Even a few years ago, the night he buried a blade in Vander's belly, he would have said the same thing. But he knows the truth. He knows that they are one and the same. At least where he is from. There's no difference. To be feared is to be respected, but one cannot be respected, without being feared. ]
Once, I would have said respect.
Where I am from, you cannot have one without the other. It's a lesson I was forced to learn at great cost.
[Same thing in the City. The Head of it simply doesn't invite loyalty by being the leader of the world. Their powers are so immense they could crush opposition without a thought.]
[No. At the end of it, they are one and the same, it seems.]
And here, you seek to bring it again for your status. Though maybe nobody has learned to fear you, yet. I don't.
You see, that is the beauty of rebuilding a reputation from the ground up. Nobody has yet. They have their powers, their positions. [ look, he could just say weird flirts insults but Silco is also just silco and can't help himself ] They will learn to. They can only look away for so long.
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I will say I'm a little surprised. I had the impression you had all the respect you craved for, in your position.
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[ But Silco was hungry, and greedy. Or perhaps, more accurately, he knew that outside of the city, there were still those who did not. Those that looked down on them like they were simply the dirt and muck under their boots.
Only good as the profit they could make. ]
There is a saying where we come from. The richest Zaunite is no better than the poorest in Piltover. If I cannot be respected, what of the rest of us? No matter what we achieve, we still do not have what we need to succeed further. Respect.
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[There was something to it. Even he, who hated himself being put on a pedestal, was happy being in a position where no one would tell him what to do.]
[Which brings him to the crux of it all.]
Would you rather be respected? Or feared?
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[ That's complicated, isn't it? A long time ago, he would have said that it was only respect. Even a few years ago, the night he buried a blade in Vander's belly, he would have said the same thing. But he knows the truth. He knows that they are one and the same. At least where he is from. There's no difference. To be feared is to be respected, but one cannot be respected, without being feared. ]
Once, I would have said respect.
Where I am from, you cannot have one without the other. It's a lesson I was forced to learn at great cost.
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[No. At the end of it, they are one and the same, it seems.]
And here, you seek to bring it again for your status. Though maybe nobody has learned to fear you, yet. I don't.
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[ what does THAT mean silco... ]
You see, that is the beauty of rebuilding a reputation from the ground up. Nobody has yet. They have their powers, their positions. [ look, he could just say weird
flirtsinsults but Silco is also just silco and can't help himself ] They will learn to. They can only look away for so long.no subject
[binch,]
Let's hope your bite is as worse as your bark. Else it will all fall flat.
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[😏 ]
You're always so worried I'm all talk.
Someday, you'll find that your worries are unfounded.
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I guess we'll see. Someday. Either way, I'll go do the job. You can come with or not.
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Ha, hopefully you won't regret inviting me along.
We'll discuss the date and time later. I wouldn't want to interrupt your holiday, after all.
[ which he's already doing but yknow ]