[Not that Jaskier is counting, but it 's twice Geralt has touched him now, so he knows... this isn't just about him, as much as he'd like to think so. This, he thinks, must echo deeply to Geralt. He doesn't mean it to. He wishes he could simply be in pain and have no one else feel it. If only because...
Well. There's nothing to be done. Nothing to be done to make this go faster.
He doesn't move from this touch.] As I've always known. You're not very good at pretending otherwise.
[The man has been carrying the brooch off a dead woman for longer than Jaskier has known him. That says enough. He sighs. A week ago he would have been gently poking fun at how morose Geralt was. Something to cheer him up. Or help distract him, at least. Now it's... this.]
Gods. I hope I don't turn horribly cantankerous like you. [He glances at him with the smallest bit of humor.] Do you still -- no. I shouldn't ask. [At one point he was sorry for Geralt. There was no understanding this sort of thing. Not if one hadn't experienced it.] Zack was there. You know him, don't you? [He shook his head. He still couldn't believe it.] Can you imagine, the man said that had happened to him once before? And I thought Destiny was a bitch. She can be even worse than that.
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Well. There's nothing to be done. Nothing to be done to make this go faster.
He doesn't move from this touch.] As I've always known. You're not very good at pretending otherwise.
[The man has been carrying the brooch off a dead woman for longer than Jaskier has known him. That says enough. He sighs. A week ago he would have been gently poking fun at how morose Geralt was. Something to cheer him up. Or help distract him, at least. Now it's... this.]
Gods. I hope I don't turn horribly cantankerous like you. [He glances at him with the smallest bit of humor.] Do you still -- no. I shouldn't ask. [At one point he was sorry for Geralt. There was no understanding this sort of thing. Not if one hadn't experienced it.] Zack was there. You know him, don't you? [He shook his head. He still couldn't believe it.] Can you imagine, the man said that had happened to him once before? And I thought Destiny was a bitch. She can be even worse than that.