[ He can wish she was someone else, she doesn't mind. All she really cares about is that the Singularity is happy, that it gets the bonds it wants back. The more people she cares for, the more calm it seems to grow, which is a nice change from the weeks of hyper-aggressive negative emotions she's been struggling to handle.

She glances at the wolf again. It peers at her. Well, that's one takeaway. Multiple other people have taken one look at the sparkly collar and instantly put two and two together, although neither Julie nor Geralt has ever put that level of thought into the optics. It's nice for someone to be oblivious. ]

The one with the vines for a face? [ That had been an upsetting thing to see, for sure. But it didn't really look like it was inflicting this kind of damage on Inej. Julie frowns, and she feels the Singularity's consciousness express the same. She doesn't know that she can do much more than ease the pain of something this massive. ]

Yeah, we heard 'bout all of that. [ Or, in her case, witnessed it. ] They're already tryin' to find a cure, or an antidote or whatever. In Nocwich. It's just that we can't be sure it'll actually work 'til we get y'all there to try it. But the werewolves say they have some traditions they think were hijacked as part of the jello ceremony.