Ekko hadnāt expected anyoneĀ from Runeterra to be here, from the start heād seen strangers as far as he could see. From the very night he arrived, no word of anyone he knew, no names showed up on the phone he was given, nothing. To top all of it off, he couldnāt go far with the conditions of his lungs, so he decidedly settled in the lower parts of Fibonacci.
Being a friend of Orianna, he knows her speaking temperaments slightly better than most usually would - well enough in this moment to try and speak up in the moment of silence. Not quick enough though, to try and clear up any seemingly pressured intent.
āA⦠almost a year and a half?! Really?ā Seems The Boy Who Shattered Time is having some issues grasping the proper passage of time, seeming a little crest fallen by the idea of being stuck here⦠and earning things back? So thatās why the Z-Drive has been acting oddly, only allowing warping⦠they somehow stripped power from a hex crystal. The boy has given his own pause after the exclamation, so he cools his thought process to respond.
āA⦠not even a month, yet. I still have the Z-Drive, but⦠not⦠all of it.ā He explains, stopping thereā though his hands betray him by lingering a second longer than needed. The boyās always questioned everything, now more than ever. Heās simply trying to control it now.
ā Yes, really. I do miss home sometimes. Iāve known people that have been sent back where they came from, but it seems to happen at random. I still do not know the how or why.Ā ā
Itās quite frustrating. She cannot imagine how people who have built entire new lives here must feel, knowing it could end at any time. Perhaps it is easier not to worry about such things.
Orianna is empathetic toward Ekko and his confusion; she was in the same position, once. If she had checked her phone more often, she might have seen his arrival and offered him assistance right away.
ā Oh, yes, everyone is limited in some way or another in the beginning. I arrived able to access the Ballās barrier functions, but without the Ball. In time, you should regain access to more of your abilities. They may even restore power to your Z-Drive!Ā ā
The Ball spins in confirmation, happy to have been reunited with Orianna. She has to wonder if the same technology used to deliver them all to the island is also responsible for stripping them of their powers.