He was trying to be honest, first and foremost. He didn't like the idea of trying to draw information from Geralt under the premise of being utterly detached from this world's politics and only looking for a safe place to survive. Surviving is important, of course, but only because if he doesn't survive he'll have no say in what happens later.

Estinien's gaze rises to meet his, a bit more sharply this time. To some degree, he finds this level of non-intervention annoying, if not fully irresponsible. Then again, not everyone is coming from the perspective of an organization that specializes in meddling.

"Tis already your business," Estinien says. As Geralt suspected, there is not much compromise in his tone. "As I spotted you sharing a rather intimate moment with a women I was forced to raise arms against just a short time later."

The problem with leaving a party early is that you miss these things.