I'm seeking clarity for us, Geralt. I'm trying to find a way to secure the future we want.
[ Istredd isn't using we as in the two of them, but he assumes Geralt knows that. They both know that they have reasons to stay, reasons they want to fight for this place. For Ciri's future, but in Istredd's mind, for Mat, and Kell, and the others who have better lives here. He can't sit aside and do nothing when there is so much up in the air, people he's promised to try and help.
To go from an isolated scholar to a community leader, in Thorne at least, is a strange pathway that took a year to get to, but it's real all the same. He doesn't know how they got to this place where he is actively being honest and even on the vulnerable side with Geralt, but he's tired. Very tired. And maybe he cares a lot less about what Geralt thinks of him than he used to. ]
And yes, I know that maybe seeking that could backfire and lead us to lose instead. But I don't know that we can just ... wait and see.
[ Maybe Geralt is used to trying to find neutrality and not take sides, and Istredd used to stay out of it entirely, but they aren't in a situation where the dust will settle for them. ]
this convo is extra interesting considering the horizon group chat tbh
[ Istredd isn't using we as in the two of them, but he assumes Geralt knows that. They both know that they have reasons to stay, reasons they want to fight for this place. For Ciri's future, but in Istredd's mind, for Mat, and Kell, and the others who have better lives here. He can't sit aside and do nothing when there is so much up in the air, people he's promised to try and help.
To go from an isolated scholar to a community leader, in Thorne at least, is a strange pathway that took a year to get to, but it's real all the same. He doesn't know how they got to this place where he is actively being honest and even on the vulnerable side with Geralt, but he's tired. Very tired. And maybe he cares a lot less about what Geralt thinks of him than he used to. ]
And yes, I know that maybe seeking that could backfire and lead us to lose instead. But I don't know that we can just ... wait and see.
[ Maybe Geralt is used to trying to find neutrality and not take sides, and Istredd used to stay out of it entirely, but they aren't in a situation where the dust will settle for them. ]