[ This isn't his business. Neither was Alucard's confession about his father, but that had been a matter over and done with. This is...a present complication. Frankly, he hasn't got a clue what Alucard is looking for out of him, but Alucard also knows him by now—knows what he'll get when he brings something like this to the Witcher's attention—and so he decides not to speculate on what's going through Alucard's mind.
Instead, he offers the same candor he always does. ] Then perhaps your impressions were wrong. And there's nothing more to pursue.
[ Sometimes, you don't mean as much to someone as you believed. Sometimes that's simply what it is. Geralt has never found a good reason to search for what he knows isn't there, to keep people in your life who don't wish to be involved. He thinks Alucard could learn to do the same. ]
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Instead, he offers the same candor he always does. ] Then perhaps your impressions were wrong. And there's nothing more to pursue.
[ Sometimes, you don't mean as much to someone as you believed. Sometimes that's simply what it is. Geralt has never found a good reason to search for what he knows isn't there, to keep people in your life who don't wish to be involved. He thinks Alucard could learn to do the same. ]