[ Yes, she had noticed the healing spell. And she doesn't care if Yennefer was clearly annoyed. It was good of Jaskier to help her, going into... whatever it is she's decided to do to get free and begin positioning herself where she needs to be.
Ciri leaves off trying to get the bird to come closer, letting it hop where it will, and picks up some cheese instead, ripping off little bites not out of politeness but because it'll last longer that way. Give her something to look at that isn't either of their faces. ]
When, exactly, would I have had time to do that?
[ Her tone is sharper than she means it to be. The truth is, of course she's tried. She's tried reaching for that power with all its vastness inside her that feels like trying to move the entire ocean, and what she expected to be extremely difficult turned out to be extremely impossible instead. She hadn't even tried to use it. Simply to feel it.
But the ocean has become a puddle. A muddy slurry of water at the bottom of a deep, deep well.
Ciri wipes her mouth on the back of her hand, then reaches for the bottle. ]
I'm not a sorceress. Wasn't the first thing on my mind.
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Ciri leaves off trying to get the bird to come closer, letting it hop where it will, and picks up some cheese instead, ripping off little bites not out of politeness but because it'll last longer that way. Give her something to look at that isn't either of their faces. ]
When, exactly, would I have had time to do that?
[ Her tone is sharper than she means it to be. The truth is, of course she's tried. She's tried reaching for that power with all its vastness inside her that feels like trying to move the entire ocean, and what she expected to be extremely difficult turned out to be extremely impossible instead. She hadn't even tried to use it. Simply to feel it.
But the ocean has become a puddle. A muddy slurry of water at the bottom of a deep, deep well.
Ciri wipes her mouth on the back of her hand, then reaches for the bottle. ]
I'm not a sorceress. Wasn't the first thing on my mind.