His head tilts. He's aware of what transpired between Ciri and Istredd, though he'd not bothered to ask Nero for details. Easy enough to guess.
"She doesn't need to hear what she already knows," he replies simply.
No. Ciri would not want the protection of someone whose motivations are suspect at best. Who she does not know in any capacity beyond a mage who holds too much information about her. He regrets not being there with her during some of those...moments. But he's glad Nero was at least. Conscious.
It is not a topic he'd have broached with Istredd prior to their experiences. But.
"Ciri can protect herself." Blunt, but not unkind. He isn't interested in chastising Istredd for trying; that is a complicated matter he has yet to unravel. But he knows Ciri in a way few do—and for people like them, there's a level of trust required when letting someone take on a role you've held on your own your entire life. "Understand you are offering her nothing in her eyes by stepping in unwanted."
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"She doesn't need to hear what she already knows," he replies simply.
No. Ciri would not want the protection of someone whose motivations are suspect at best. Who she does not know in any capacity beyond a mage who holds too much information about her. He regrets not being there with her during some of those...moments. But he's glad Nero was at least. Conscious.
It is not a topic he'd have broached with Istredd prior to their experiences. But.
"Ciri can protect herself." Blunt, but not unkind. He isn't interested in chastising Istredd for trying; that is a complicated matter he has yet to unravel. But he knows Ciri in a way few do—and for people like them, there's a level of trust required when letting someone take on a role you've held on your own your entire life. "Understand you are offering her nothing in her eyes by stepping in unwanted."