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Geralt z Rivii ([personal profile] gynvael) wrote in [community profile] abraxaslogs 2021-09-27 03:26 am (UTC)

They made sure of it.

[ That's the only answer he gives. Geralt is neither inclined to hide what he is nor to get into the details of it. It's long-winded and isn't relevant. People piece it together eventually—or they don't.

It's what Amos says next that catches his attention. He gives up any pretense of drinking, setting it aside. There are very few scenarios he can imagine where someone would tell him with no hesitation that it's a bad idea for them to possess a power they could use. That they might be tempted to use. To Geralt, controlling it is the only logical step. Left to its own devices, it's too easy for snap reactions to take over. Cause accidents that maybe aren't entirely accidents.

But Amos seems almost concerned about the opposite. He lingers on the last conversation they had. Amos is hardly of a pacifist nature—nor a stranger to taking lives. So that's not it. It's something else, something he can't quite put his finger on.

He isn't really one to dance around the subject. He blinks once before saying bluntly, ]
If you're inclined to kill, you'll find a way with or without this new power of yours.

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