[ His eyebrow cocks, which is the only comment required. Lucifer is as good as any. One can't rely on magic in all circumstances. ]
You must be the only mage who gives a shit what a Witcher thinks.
[ It's less that Geralt had not meant to offend, and more that he assumed Istredd could not have cared less about what he said. Though now that he's come to know Istredd better, it no longer surprises him this was so. Mages can be terribly sensitive. He supposes that must be true twice over for one who was guided by Stregabor, of all people.
He is not sorry about the loss of the Brotherhood. Only the price its end extracted. He's glad both Yennefer and Istredd are free of its machinations. Not, of course, that he's so naïve as to believe others will not rise in its place—to fill that empty seat.
Still. Those pieces belong to another board. One they may never play again.
His expression grows contemplative. He tilts his head. They have migrated, he thinks, a little beyond an alliance of convenience. He doesn't say it. ] You would know if it did not.
[ He has little patience for subterfuge or niceties—as Istredd well knows. ]
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You must be the only mage who gives a shit what a Witcher thinks.
[ It's less that Geralt had not meant to offend, and more that he assumed Istredd could not have cared less about what he said. Though now that he's come to know Istredd better, it no longer surprises him this was so. Mages can be terribly sensitive. He supposes that must be true twice over for one who was guided by Stregabor, of all people.
He is not sorry about the loss of the Brotherhood. Only the price its end extracted. He's glad both Yennefer and Istredd are free of its machinations. Not, of course, that he's so naïve as to believe others will not rise in its place—to fill that empty seat.
Still. Those pieces belong to another board. One they may never play again.
His expression grows contemplative. He tilts his head. They have migrated, he thinks, a little beyond an alliance of convenience. He doesn't say it. ] You would know if it did not.
[ He has little patience for subterfuge or niceties—as Istredd well knows. ]