Mm, well, direct strategies proved... untenable.

[ There's a shrug. ]

Factors made it impossible, so one must...change tactics, and making them choose between greed and... safety -- and force choice is... astoundingly efficient.

[ He thinks at least. He doesn't know if Piltover will capitulate, but...if they are too scary, and too expensive to keep under their boots...

It's only a matter of time, right? ]