[ A year or two ago, he might not have said it out loud. Not so starkly. He won't admit it, but he's aware he's different. That his time with Ciri has changed him for what Jaskier would say is the better.
He wouldn't disagree.
He folds Julie into his arms. Her heart thunders in his ears. He's allowed in so many since he arrived in this world. Friends, family. He's afraid of losing each of them, and yet a part of him knows the inevitability that awaits. That no matter how he struggles, how tightly he clutches, they will be taken from him as the others have.
But he refuses to simply let it happen. For as long as he can protect them, he will.
He says nothing further, just holds her. Only when she stirs does he release her a little. His fingers rest gently in her hair. ]
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He wouldn't disagree.
He folds Julie into his arms. Her heart thunders in his ears. He's allowed in so many since he arrived in this world. Friends, family. He's afraid of losing each of them, and yet a part of him knows the inevitability that awaits. That no matter how he struggles, how tightly he clutches, they will be taken from him as the others have.
But he refuses to simply let it happen. For as long as he can protect them, he will.
He says nothing further, just holds her. Only when she stirs does he release her a little. His fingers rest gently in her hair. ]