[ Geralt is expecting the man to take the out. It doesn't come. A quiet falls between them. It's not the sort of admission he'd expect from someone like him. ]
We can all use allies here. [ He's willing to offer that, at least. It's more than he might've before -- but things have changed. A couple months ago, he wouldn't have thought himself bonded to anyone, either. His time here feels more permanent.
In truth, there's more to it than just knowing someone's been close to him once. It's what he was told on top of that. About the girl.
Maybe it's in response that he finds himself making his own confession. Or it just feels less weighted, telling someone who straddles the strange line of being a stranger and yet not. ]
It isn't only... [ He gestures around them. ] All this. That day, you asked me if Cirilla meant something. That I'd called her my daughter. But where I'd left my world, I didn't get to her in time. [ He'd assumed and accepted the worst. Another loss, one of many. Now he's trapped in limbo, unsure about what the fuck it all means. ]
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We can all use allies here. [ He's willing to offer that, at least. It's more than he might've before -- but things have changed. A couple months ago, he wouldn't have thought himself bonded to anyone, either. His time here feels more permanent.
In truth, there's more to it than just knowing someone's been close to him once. It's what he was told on top of that. About the girl.
Maybe it's in response that he finds himself making his own confession. Or it just feels less weighted, telling someone who straddles the strange line of being a stranger and yet not. ]
It isn't only... [ He gestures around them. ] All this. That day, you asked me if Cirilla meant something. That I'd called her my daughter. But where I'd left my world, I didn't get to her in time. [ He'd assumed and accepted the worst. Another loss, one of many. Now he's trapped in limbo, unsure about what the fuck it all means. ]