Outside the Gray Order's headquarters, a guy named Garen was facing off against another guy who was also named Garen...
That's right, two Garens!
One was obviously Big Garen, from the Koprulu Sector, who'd been stranded here for some unspeakable reason. The other was Little Garen, who'd just arrived today and had used some method to send Lux a message, asking her to meet him out in the Voodoo Lands. He was from the distant kingdom of New Demacia!
Of course, "big" and "little" referred to their ages, not their physical size or anything else.
"Hmph! I really don't understand!"
"Lana..."
"You were stubborn back then and insisted on sneaking out alone to find a way to resolve the upheaval in the Re-Estize Kingdom. Fine, your intentions were good, and apart from worrying about your safety, Auntie and I didn't have much to be angry about... But why haven't you gone back after all this time? And why did you find yourself some decrepit old man here?!"
After the two sides had met and exchanged their excited greetings, they learned more about each other. Soon, Little Garen from the Re-Estize Kingdom heard his sister Lux—also known as Luxanna Crownguard—explain a few things he didn't particularly like. His normally well-controlled emotions erupted right in front of her.
But he didn't direct his anger at his sister Lux. Instead, he turned on the fellow standing beside her, the man he couldn't help looking down on: Big Garen! In his fury, he openly mocked him without the slightest courtesy.
"Hold on! Wait a minute!"
"What did you just say? If I heard you right, you called me... a decrepit old man?!"
After confirming what he'd heard and seeing on the face of his prospective brother-in-law that the insult had indeed been aimed at