[ She is grateful that he has warmed to the closeness. Maybe it's not the same -- things can't be 'the same' between them when they're from such different times -- but it is a comfort, all the same. At least to Ciri.

He'll feel her nod her head very slightly against him before continuing, slowly, working it out aloud. ]

I can feel the magic Jaskier was talking about. But chaos feels different from-- that. And what I need to bring us home, that is missing. Or perhaps it's more accurate to say it's... out of reach.

[ She scoffs, not a laugh but a noise of contempt, disgust. ]

I have so rarely wanted it for anything, and now that it could actually do us some good, of course it can't be helpful.

[ She's been out of control before. She's been lost before. Without an anchor or a teacher, she'd been unable to find her way in the past. But she's never felt anything like this. ]

...do you think it has anything to do with the Singularity?

[ It's a whispered question, and one Ciri knows none of them have answers to. But it's the only thing in this world she can think of that appears markedly significant and unique from anywhere else she's been. ]