[ Invariably, Geralt works through his shit on his own terms. He could pin that tendency on his solitary years, but that isn't entirely accurate. He'd had Vesemir to come home to. His brothers. They'd have lent a listening ear, and they often did the rare times he sought them out. He simply prefers the time and space to sort through his thoughts alone.
Sam doesn't make him feel like he has to have an answer for how he feels or what to do next because sometimes, he just doesn't fucking know. He realized that when he returned from Thorne's grasp and spent those weeks in Sam's home. That something was...different about being around Sam, despite having known him for little more than, what. A handful of months?
Maybe that's why he keeps coming back.
The question should be a loaded one. To Geralt's surprise, it isn't. He shakes his head. ] I know what needs to be done.
[ Not that he wavered before. It's only that now he understands it with total clarity. And whilst Ciri's safety remains on his mind—that'll never change—he's no longer afraid that he will. Not the way he used to be, a fear that clung to him with an icy grip. He just knows that he'll find her again. It doesn't matter how many times or what armies stand in his way. ]
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Sam doesn't make him feel like he has to have an answer for how he feels or what to do next because sometimes, he just doesn't fucking know. He realized that when he returned from Thorne's grasp and spent those weeks in Sam's home. That something was...different about being around Sam, despite having known him for little more than, what. A handful of months?
Maybe that's why he keeps coming back.
The question should be a loaded one. To Geralt's surprise, it isn't. He shakes his head. ] I know what needs to be done.
[ Not that he wavered before. It's only that now he understands it with total clarity. And whilst Ciri's safety remains on his mind—that'll never change—he's no longer afraid that he will. Not the way he used to be, a fear that clung to him with an icy grip. He just knows that he'll find her again. It doesn't matter how many times or what armies stand in his way. ]