Vilgefortz was known as a powerful mage and decent fighter but nothing to the level of which he revealed himself at the coup. To demolish us and then you, that is ... I don't even know what he is. Impressive and horrifying.

[ For Vilgefortz to break Geralt to that extent on top of everything else, he may be the most dangerous person in the continent right now, and none of them knew. True some of the Northern mages did, but Istredd thinks even they were taken by surprise by his power in the end. He never thought he'd have so much empathy for Tissaia, but she loved someone she thought was real and he destroyed everything she cared about.

There were going to be a lot of 'what ifs' surrounding him while he grieves over the next few days or weeks, all the ways in which it could've gone differently, but then he'll shrug and accept it and move on. Istredd is giving himself some leeway to feel things. Better than stuffing it aside. ]

I'm glad to hear you lived. He has a great deal to answer for ... but not by us.

[ By that he means the versions of them who are there right now. They can get the memories but they are not in their own sphere where they can do anything about it. They've already chosen this place and made the most of their new lives. But all the same ... he is genuinely glad that Geralt made it.

That shift surprises him and his eyebrows furrow at the question. ]

The Wild Hunt? Not anything in my studies of the monoliths, but I have heard tales about them, wraiths on undead horses that were omens of death and doom. And that they maybe ....

[ Oh, there we go. His eyes widen. ]

Weren't of the sphere?