[ Between getting dragged into the ritual with Gideon and barely making it out, then spending an unknown amount of time in the throes of fever and agony with these fucking things growing under her skin, Ciri hasn't had a lot of extra energy or time to piece together the order of events. She's noticed the shrines because they're difficult not to notice, but this is the first Ciri's realizing what it means.
How far the destruction had carried. ]
Is that why they... changed?
[ Finally, Ciri puts out her hand, pushing the tracker at him.
A moment of shocking clarity, shining through the fever fog. There's a sudden rush, a confidence in the strength of her scratched-up limbs she hadn't felt just moments before. ]
They couldn't stop it.
They quieted me, but they couldn't actually bind my chaos.
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How far the destruction had carried. ]
Is that why they... changed?
[ Finally, Ciri puts out her hand, pushing the tracker at him.
A moment of shocking clarity, shining through the fever fog. There's a sudden rush, a confidence in the strength of her scratched-up limbs she hadn't felt just moments before. ]
They couldn't stop it.
They quieted me, but they couldn't actually bind my chaos.