Cecil B. Heimerdinger quotes from Arcane

Jayce

Professor Heimerdinger, I... I believe I have discovered something truly incredible: a way to harness magic through science.

Heimerdinger

Magic?

Jayce

Yes!

Heimerdinger

No.

Jayce

No?

Heimerdinger

The Arcane is dangerous, Jayce. A force of nature. Science cannot control it.

Jayce

Surely, we, the pioneers of science, can use it for good. We are the champions of discovery. Why fear it when we can master it?

Heimerdinger

Jayce, enough.

Jayce

This is the city of progress. Think of the wonders we could create! Let me prove—

Heimerdinger

Enough! You don't understand what's at stake. But how can you? That's a burden that only I here carry: time. I have seen this power in the wrong hands. It corrupts, consumes, lays waste to civilizations. That cannot happen here, my boy. It must not.

Heimerdinger

[finding Viktor looking troubled] Good to see some things haven't changed. Seems just yesterday I stumbled upon an aspiring young scholar from the undercity here, ruminating in his steel oasis. I heard your prognosis. I'm terribly sorry, my boy.

Viktor

Do you contemplate death, Professor?

Heimerdinger

Only that of friends.

Viktor

I suppose your legacy has been well-secured. As one of Piltover's founders, what haven't you to show for your remarkable life?

Heimerdinger

[sighs, looking sad] You should be proud of what you've accomplished, Viktor.

Viktor

[sighs sadly] Figments. My contributions will be short-lived, even in your memory.

Heimerdinger

I have seen many students. It's a sad truth that those who shine brightest often burn fastest.

Cecil Heimerdinger

One can't go shouting from the rooftops about being thrust into parallel dimensions, without... awkward consequences. [passes Ekko his notebook] It seems, the anomaly which dislodged us from our proverbial reality, also scattered us across time.

Ekko

[sighs] Man, I thought I was going crazy. How long have you been here?

Cecil Heimerdinger

One thousand, one hundred twenty-eight days, six hours, and... twenty minutes! Give or take

Ekko

So- so you've just been waiting for me all this time?

Cecil Heimerdinger

Precisely! Or rather, imprecisely. I grew skeptical you'd arrive, even during my unusually long lifetime.

Ekko

What about Jayce? Is he here?

Cecil Heimerdinger

[sighs, tunes his guitar] I fear he may have wound up elsewhere. The anomaly behaved differently, around him.

Ekko

Please, tell me you've figured out a way to get us home.

Cecil Heimerdinger

That is a... veritable conundrum. I'm afraid Hextech, was never invented here. And, without a creation so prodigious as the Hexgates...

Ekko

No anomaly.

Cecil Heimerdinger

Oh, it isn't all bad. I've been able to accomplish wonderful things in this world! Give it time to settle. This place will grow on you, you'll see!

Ekko

"Grow on me?" [stands] I have people back home who need me. We don't belong here!

Cecil Heimerdinger

And yet... we can't leave.

Ekko

It's so small.

Cecil Heimerdinger

Golly... we've done it!

Ekko

Halfway there. [He activates the machine, and a flash of Arcane energy sparks next to Heimerdinger, startling him]

Powder

So... what does it do?

Ekko

Uh... [He activates the machine, and the arcane energy sparks exactly the same, with Heimerdinger giving the exact same reaction]

Powder

So... what does it do?

Ekko

You just asked me that.

Powder

No I didn't.

Ekko

[sighs] I'm too tired for games! [he activates the machine as Heimerdinger reaches for a wrench]

Powder

No I didn't. [Heimerdinger reaches for the wrench again as Ekko turns around, shocked]

Ekko

[staring at the anomaly device] It's a time-loop!

Cecil Heimerdinger

Huh? Oh! [bonks his head] A time-loop? [Ekko activates the machine again] Huh? Oh![bonks his head] A time-loop?

Ekko

A time-loop.

Powder

You're going back in time!

Cecil Heimerdinger

Gadzooks! How did you stumble upon that?

Ekko

I was playing with inversions on Jayce's acceleration rune.

Cecil Heimerdinger

How far did you go?

Ekko

I don't know. A second?

Powder

Try going back further!

Cecil Heimerdinger

Take it slow, lad- we wouldn't want to push a new invention too far, too quickly.

Ekko

One. Two. Three.

Cecil Heimerdinger

Gadzooks-

Ekko

Four-

Cecil Heimerdinger

Ohhh! [his body starts to rupture into a bloody mess; Ekko immediately lets go of the device handle, reversing the process]

Ekko

[wide-eyed] The limit is four seconds.

Cecil Heimerdinger

Are you certain, my boy? What were the indicators?

Ekko

[marking the four-second mark on the machine and sits down] Trust me... it's four seconds.

Powder

Amazing. We could show it off, at the party!

Ekko

We... aren't done. [Powder approaches, crouches in front of him and brushes debris off his cheek]

Powder

Please, go change before the party. [leaves]

Cecil Heimerdinger

I think I might know, how to give it a boost.

Ekko

A boost?

Cecil Heimerdinger

A momentary upgrade, if you will.

Ekko

That's great. Where do we start?

Cecil Heimerdinger

[gently] You can start, by attending your party. [Examines the device] One's thoughts are more easily gathered in isolation. And what's the point of a device like this... if you don't enjoy the time you have?