[ Geralt does his best to track time; his internal clock is good, but even he struggles to gauge the hours passing. Having a fire helps—timing when it burns down. Lighting it with Igni isn't reliable, but it works with enough attempts.
He does most of the hunting. Leaves the corn for those who can't catch a meal as easily. What they have to spare, he offers to the others, but frankly they're all surviving hand to mouth in this place. Only so many lizards and rats available.
Ciri seems to determined to scale the walls. Geralt doesn't stop her. Something tells him it's more than restlessness. There is something she is not telling him. He hasn't asked. Right now, it's more important they survive together. He can get the truth from her afterwards. But...
He swallows it down. Focuses on severing the head of a snake when he hears a commotion by the well. A familiar voice, rising. Ciri's.
His head snaps up at once. Almost without thinking, Geralt gets to his feet. ]
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He does most of the hunting. Leaves the corn for those who can't catch a meal as easily. What they have to spare, he offers to the others, but frankly they're all surviving hand to mouth in this place. Only so many lizards and rats available.
Ciri seems to determined to scale the walls. Geralt doesn't stop her. Something tells him it's more than restlessness. There is something she is not telling him. He hasn't asked. Right now, it's more important they survive together. He can get the truth from her afterwards. But...
He swallows it down. Focuses on severing the head of a snake when he hears a commotion by the well. A familiar voice, rising. Ciri's.
His head snaps up at once. Almost without thinking, Geralt gets to his feet. ]