Ambessa and Mel in “Unfinished Business”

Ambessa

Mel, Elora. You didn't have to come out to meet me.

Mel

[rolling her eyes] What are you doing here, mother?

Ambessa

Can I not visit? I've heard stories of Piltover's hospitality.

Mel

[chuckles] You didn't sail halfway across the continent to sample the local cuisine.

Ambessa

[walking over to her] It's been over a decade, Mel.

Mel

Since you banished me.

Ambessa

Such drama. I sent you here to oversee our family's interests and grow yourself. Which you have.

Mel

You said, "Perhaps your sentimentality will be more at home with those soft-spined idealists overseas."

Ambessa

[putting an arm around her] You have your father's memory.

Mel

Don't try to ingratiate yourself with me.

Ambessa

Mel.

Mel

Or that. [they walk a little]

Ambessa

Your brother's gone.

Mel

[gasps] What happened?

Ambessa

[sighs] He crossed the wrong man. I was distracted. That's a mistake I can't take back. [Mel breaths heavily] Your Jayce Talis has turned his eye to Hextech weaponry.

Mel

[scoffs, realizing her motives] I knew it.

Ambessa

War is coming. You've let the problems of your undercity fester too long.

Mel

Piltover isn't like Noxus. War isn't our first and every recourse. I sponsored Hextech to protect the city, not burn it to the ground.

Ambessa

It's not conjecture, it's a fact. Weapons can't be unmade and they are always used. I'm here to help guide you to the right decisions.

Mel

I don't need your guidance.

Ambessa

We'll see.