[ A deal. He considers, though not for too long. If Sam can pull some strings out of good will, he’ll take it. He needs that horse before he can do anything—before he can feel as though he’s back on track. And not trapped in this one portion of the world. He’s spent so much of his life roaming, it’s nearly as stifling to be in this city day in and day out as it was to be in a cage.
He nods, accepting the offer. ] Only because you’ll make that face if I turn you down.
[ Sam knows exactly what face. Maybe for once, Geralt can surprise him by actually saying yes without needing his arm twisted over it.
He hums. Yeah. She is. Hard to say how he feels about it. He knows if he trained her, then he’d have trained her well. It’s not that. It’s more…Ciri seems. Happy. Being what she is. And he thinks, she must be the first and only Witcher to have really, truly chosen the life. To have the ability to walk away at any time, with all that power at her disposal, and simply decide not take it.
Whatever might have happened, what mistakes he might’ve made with her—there’d have been plenty, he knows—at least she was able to make a choice. Maybe that counts for something. ]
She invited herself. [ There’s fondness there, like he’d have expected nothing less from her. ] Couldn’t say no.
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He nods, accepting the offer. ] Only because you’ll make that face if I turn you down.
[ Sam knows exactly what face. Maybe for once, Geralt can surprise him by actually saying yes without needing his arm twisted over it.
He hums. Yeah. She is. Hard to say how he feels about it. He knows if he trained her, then he’d have trained her well. It’s not that. It’s more…Ciri seems. Happy. Being what she is. And he thinks, she must be the first and only Witcher to have really, truly chosen the life. To have the ability to walk away at any time, with all that power at her disposal, and simply decide not take it.
Whatever might have happened, what mistakes he might’ve made with her—there’d have been plenty, he knows—at least she was able to make a choice. Maybe that counts for something. ]
She invited herself. [ There’s fondness there, like he’d have expected nothing less from her. ] Couldn’t say no.