No it does not always automatically apply. It's also more like. A guideline. To him.

And now wholly important. Generally speaking.

Honestly, it's likely good they don't live in Free Cities because Lucifer would just become a mercenary just so he can leave the city and kill people on a regular basis. Come on, Thorne. Let him out so he can kill people in their name!

Ah there's that clarity. Good.

"Hey, I'm not saying win Geralt," don't play to win that one he said he'd share with Yennefer (and the Singularity) not Geralt, "I'm just saying mentally screw with his head a bit as punishment for casting you aside and making you feel like dirt."

:)

You know!! Simple things!! Perfectly normal things.