[voiceover] I understand, now... the message, hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures, in the commune. The Doctor was right. It's inescapable. Humanity... our very essence. Our emotions: rage, compassion, hate. Two sides of the same coin, inextricably bound.
Jinx[returning to Warwick/Vander] Vander, wait!
Jinx
NO! [Vi and Caitlyn glance back]
IIsha
[smiles tearfully at her and makes a pistol-shot hand sign] Pow!
Jinx
[grief-stricken] ISHA!!!!!
[Voiceover] That which inspires us to our greatest good... is also the cause, of our greatest evil.
Jinx
[voice broken] If you're here to kill me... make sure to finish the job.
...Vi thinks you've changed.
Jinx
She can't accept, what you and I know. [digs her nail into her cuticle until it bleeds] There are no happy endings.
Is that all you have to say for yourself? There won't be a trial. I'm giving you this one chance, to atone for your actions, all the pain you've caused. [pause] No amount of good deeds, can undo our crimes! [She slams her fist against the bars, causing Jinx to flinch]
Jinx
...Do what you came here to do.
Hating you... I've hated myself. I just don't have the energy for it, any longer. [starts to leave]
Jinx
[softly] I didn't know your Mom was there. [Caitlyn stops] It..probably wouldn't have made a difference, but... I didn't know.
Jinx
[scoffs] Go away. You're too late.
Oh, it's a Hell of a place. It says something about the late Marcus, that he found imprisoning your sister to be a greater mercy than... killing her.
Jinx
Killing isn't mercy.
[chuckles] A spark of rebellion still burns inside that husk, I see. No... Killing is a cycle. One that started long before Vander and me, and that will continue, long after the two of you. [the blue glow of his scarred eye becomes the Hextech gem in Jinx's hand, revealing he is a hallucination]
Jinx
... I'm done, running in circles.
We build our own prisons. Bars forged of... oaths, codes, commitments. Walls of self-doubt and accepted limitation. We inhabit these cells, these..."identities"... and call them us. I thought I could break free, by eliminating those I deemed my jailers. But... Jinx... I think the cycle only ends, when you find the will to walk away.
Jinx? [she appears outside Jinx's cell]
Jinx
[looks up briefly] ...What are you doing?
I swiped these from the guards' station. [unlocks the door] If you come, help, use all that explosive potential of yours for good... maybe we can re-write your story, like you did with Zaun. What do you think?
Jinx
[brokenly]... Sure, Vi. [Vi rushes into the cell and embraces her, crying] ...You're never gonna give up on me, are you?
Jinx
[gently] You don't have to worry about me, anymore. You don't need to feel guilty about... being happy. You deserve, to be with her. [backs toward the bunker entrance]
[rushes to the bars] Wait!
Jinx
There's no good version of me.
Jinx
...Break the cycle. [leaves]
[hammers on the bars] Jinx! [lets out a tearful scream, then punches the wall]
Wait! [Jinx glances back as he approaches] I just, wanna talk-
Jinx
Get outta here, Ekko.
I just- [she detonates the bomb again, but Ekko uses his Z-Drive to re-do the moment] I just wanna talk to you, Pow- Jinx.
Jinx
You're too late, Ekko.
WAIT! [he uses the Z-Drive again as she detonates the bomb, chuckles ruefully] Always a dance with you. [Jinx stares at him] I- I think I'm just gonna sit here a minute. Y'know, catch my breath... see if I can talk an old friend out of blowing us up.
Jinx
...I'm tired of talking. [she steps forward, plummeting into the abyss]
NO! [he lunges forward, using the Z-Drive again] Y'know, I- I learned from someone... very special... that, no matter what happened in the past... it's never too late to build something new. [Jinx notices the monkey figurines inside his Z-Drive, shaped the same as her Monkey Bomb and doodles] Someone worth building it for.
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