[ For the best, that Alina doesn't ask; Geralt hasn't got an inkling of how the hell he means to explain his reaction and frankly he doesn't want to talk about it, either.
So all he says about Ciri is, ] She'll want to hear you're around.
[ Knowing there are people here is complicated. He isn't used to it, these slowly winding connections that are beginning to attach to him, but he can't in all honestly claim it's unwanted. Maybe in the end, it just comes down to the fact that he doesn't know what to do with any of it.
He steers the topic towards more neutral territory. ] You said you were mapping?
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So all he says about Ciri is, ] She'll want to hear you're around.
[ Knowing there are people here is complicated. He isn't used to it, these slowly winding connections that are beginning to attach to him, but he can't in all honestly claim it's unwanted. Maybe in the end, it just comes down to the fact that he doesn't know what to do with any of it.
He steers the topic towards more neutral territory. ] You said you were mapping?