"They became something unlike themselves, unhinged and dangerous." Istredd quotes back to him. "Such as, for example, the gods?" This is something he and Kyle have spoken about before, and yes, perhaps he is hearing what he wants to hear, but one could argue this only feeds into that theory of theirs. What he's thinking is how the heralds were visualized, how unnerving they looked. Twisted from what could have been people once.

"Geralt was in the first group of Summoned, thrown into the dungeon upon being Summoned." He knows for a fact that Lucifer is in contact with the witcher, but they hadn't directly remarked on it yet. He thinks Kyle also has been in contact with him. For all of Geralt's insistence that he stays out of things, he often is in the middle of them all the same.

"I think we can safely assume he knows more than he's saying too. He isn't going to tell you everything." Istredd considers, this is somewhat private, but Kyle is an acceptable risk. "Ambrose allowed a few of us to go to the Singularity in person during the Dimming. We brought a casket in exchange." This was during the negotiations and one of the points of conflict was whether they could do that. Luckily it turned out to be allowed! "I'm arguably in good standing with him currently." Maybe that could be something.