[ Geralt's entire life is defined by being in serious shit. Fuck if he didn't wish it weren't so, but there's no point in pretending otherwise anymore. Not after the lengths he's gone through to keep Ciri safe. And these people, here, they're important to him. Ciri may always be his foremost priority, but he's no intention of turning his back on someone at the slightest hint of danger.
He's hardly free from threats of his own, either. Between the secrets he's guarding for Ciri, his link to Yennefer and the Queen, what he does—Jaskier has already paid the price for it, more than once. So have his brothers. In the end, he senses Dean would not abandon him, if he were to tell him all that there is to know about Cirilla. The thousands of bodies that have been left in her path. Could he be wrong? Maybe. He doesn't think he is.
So. That's all there is to it.
His gaze lingers on Dean for a moment. In a similar fashion, though, he lets most of his thoughts go unsaid. Only a flicker across his expression suggests there is more going on when Dean says Thorne. A demon, in Thorne. Specifically where Yennefer is residing. That's...
He wants to believe she knows better now. But there were a lot of things he wanted to believe about Yennefer, and many of them he has realized he's wrong. ]
Thorne's magic has contained those of a similar kind before, and the castle walls have many eyes. He may not have as much free rein there. [ Now and then, Geralt does, in fact, feel it's unfortunate Thorne is no longer prone to locking away their so-called mistakes in the dungeon. Would be useful, in cases like these. ] What name would he go by, were he to hide his true nature?
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He's hardly free from threats of his own, either. Between the secrets he's guarding for Ciri, his link to Yennefer and the Queen, what he does—Jaskier has already paid the price for it, more than once. So have his brothers. In the end, he senses Dean would not abandon him, if he were to tell him all that there is to know about Cirilla. The thousands of bodies that have been left in her path. Could he be wrong? Maybe. He doesn't think he is.
So. That's all there is to it.
His gaze lingers on Dean for a moment. In a similar fashion, though, he lets most of his thoughts go unsaid. Only a flicker across his expression suggests there is more going on when Dean says Thorne. A demon, in Thorne. Specifically where Yennefer is residing. That's...
He wants to believe she knows better now. But there were a lot of things he wanted to believe about Yennefer, and many of them he has realized he's wrong. ]
Thorne's magic has contained those of a similar kind before, and the castle walls have many eyes. He may not have as much free rein there. [ Now and then, Geralt does, in fact, feel it's unfortunate Thorne is no longer prone to locking away their so-called mistakes in the dungeon. Would be useful, in cases like these. ] What name would he go by, were he to hide his true nature?