"There are a lot of things about my city that aren't great. We have a long way to go." Things that he only became aware of recently, and when he says 'my city' he doesn't just mean Piltover anymore. He means both sides of it, even after giving Zaun its independence. "But I love it." Jayce wouldn't be here on this balcony looking into his home if he didn't. If he has his way, he will never see Piltover again except for in his mind. Viktor for Piltover. It's an easy trade, in truth.

As for his apartment, well, he does smile faintly.

"Thieves came in and they stole my Hex crystals. At the time they were completely out of control in their pure arcane magic energy, they dropped one of them on the floor and it exploded, and with it, half of my apartment."

So it's technically not his fault, outside of the fact he wasn't supposed to have them in the first place.

"No one knew about my research, they couldn't. What I was working on was considered crazy and impossible." Kell knows that somewhat from watching Jayce's trial and the way they talked about what he proved right. "This was a hell of a way for them to find out." After one of his crystals dropped callously to the floor blew a hole through his home.

"Heimerdinger sent Viktor to confiscate my research and get me arrested. He favored me heavily but he didn't want it obvious to the Council." He had to pretend Jayce was treated like everyone else before he gave his protege personal advice on how to get out of it. Kell knows the deal with Heimerdinger, both Jayce's love and disdain for the person who was nearly a second father.

"In typical me fashion, I never paid attention to anyone but my research and my ambitions. I never noticed Viktor, but he knew who I was."