[ Geralt nod. Mm. Thorne. Normally, he'd care little about elaborating, but the truth is, he doesn't mind touching on his relationship with Sam. It's uncomplicated. Steady. ]
They caged roughly half of us. Trundled us off once to do some mining. Sam went as one of Thorne's appointed overseers. We met there.
[ If Steve notices a lack of any reason as to why he'd disliked Sam, that's because there isn't. Sam was just. Too nice, too accommodating. Hard to predict in places: never prying the way he'd expect despite giving off the impression of the sort of man who would. Geralt is naturally wary; he was especially so at the time—pulled from the smoking woods into Thorne's dungeons, believing he'd failed to find Ciri. Uncertain of what that meant for anyone's fate on the Continent, his own included.
A soft noise answers Istredd's name. He's aware of the man's intervention. The first thing Istredd did when Geralt awoke was ask him not to kill him next. So. Mostly what he'd have anticipated from the mage.
Geralt moves off from that topic in favour of adding, ] Your friend—Bucky. He was in Thorne, too. When we fled to Cadens, he was left behind. Sam asked for my help, searching the city. Afterwards...
[ It felt like a friendship. Something more than Sam offering favours and a kind word. He'd understood then that Sam was not just seeking Geralt's trust. He was giving it in return. ]
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They caged roughly half of us. Trundled us off once to do some mining. Sam went as one of Thorne's appointed overseers. We met there.
[ If Steve notices a lack of any reason as to why he'd disliked Sam, that's because there isn't. Sam was just. Too nice, too accommodating. Hard to predict in places: never prying the way he'd expect despite giving off the impression of the sort of man who would. Geralt is naturally wary; he was especially so at the time—pulled from the smoking woods into Thorne's dungeons, believing he'd failed to find Ciri. Uncertain of what that meant for anyone's fate on the Continent, his own included.
A soft noise answers Istredd's name. He's aware of the man's intervention. The first thing Istredd did when Geralt awoke was ask him not to kill him next. So. Mostly what he'd have anticipated from the mage.
Geralt moves off from that topic in favour of adding, ] Your friend—Bucky. He was in Thorne, too. When we fled to Cadens, he was left behind. Sam asked for my help, searching the city. Afterwards...
[ It felt like a friendship. Something more than Sam offering favours and a kind word. He'd understood then that Sam was not just seeking Geralt's trust. He was giving it in return. ]