He was -- [All of his body seizes up, his heart quickening, until Geralt continues on. For a moment, Jaskier can only hold his chest to stop it from bursting. Zack was already a man he would call a friend, and he -- he'd been coughing up his lungs, practically.]

It's good to know he's safe. I met... people in there, like me. The things they'd done to them --

[He vaguely remembers telling Geralt to go back, but not much else. He was... he was still too afraid of the very idea of returning. Even to look at the manor as it was now.] I fear they'll find some way to do it all over again.