For a few seconds, he just stares: a visceral reaction that shows much too clearly on his face. He forgets the conversation altogether, forgets that he was about to put a name to her face (Alina)—the Alina Sam mentioned offhand when Geralt met him and searched for his missing friend Bucky. The Alina who out of nowhere has inadvertently told him that Ciri has spoken of him as her...
Ah. Shit. He looks away abruptly. It takes him another moment to get back on track. ]
He said you're with him. Sam Wilson. [ He lets himself piece together the connections, in favour of not dealing with—the other part. Which: this is important, too. It's beginning to register that their paths have all intersected from the start, without him realizing. Mal, whose name he's only recently learned. Sam had listed him off, as well. Meaning Alina must know Mal.
The breath he lets out is vaguely amused. Small fucking world, he'd say, except they were all trapped in Thorne's castle together. He flicks his attention to the parchment in her hand. Mapping. ] I'm Geralt.
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For a few seconds, he just stares: a visceral reaction that shows much too clearly on his face. He forgets the conversation altogether, forgets that he was about to put a name to her face (Alina)—the Alina Sam mentioned offhand when Geralt met him and searched for his missing friend Bucky. The Alina who out of nowhere has inadvertently told him that Ciri has spoken of him as her...
Ah. Shit. He looks away abruptly. It takes him another moment to get back on track. ]
He said you're with him. Sam Wilson. [ He lets himself piece together the connections, in favour of not dealing with—the other part. Which: this is important, too. It's beginning to register that their paths have all intersected from the start, without him realizing. Mal, whose name he's only recently learned. Sam had listed him off, as well. Meaning Alina must know Mal.
The breath he lets out is vaguely amused. Small fucking world, he'd say, except they were all trapped in Thorne's castle together. He flicks his attention to the parchment in her hand. Mapping. ] I'm Geralt.