There's only silence in response, for several hours.
Creating a pillow just to clutch it to her chest, Julie stares at a pebble on the ground as she gets lost in her own head. Her intention was not to deceive anyone, nor upset anyone. Her intention was to keep them all safe -- if she kept it secret, then she gave every single one of them plausible deniability should she get caught. She doesn't deny that it had the added boon of keeping her loved ones from stopping her, but this was exactly what she didn't want. Geralt has put himself in harm's way, both literally and figuratively. Not only has he joined her in essentially no man's land that's practically radioactive with magic, but he's also opened himself up to potential discovery by the government.
She doesn't know what will happen if they do figure out there's more than just one Summoned missing. She doesn't trust that anyone else who could have gotten him here won't turn him in.
I'm sorry. I didn't know how else to keep you safe. Any of y'all. If I die or get caught, I don't want to take you or anyone else down with me.
Up to this moment, Julie hadn't really minded the unchanging sky; now, she wishes it was the dark of night. The dusty pink overhead feels almost insensitive with this weight in her heart.
This was the only way I was ever gonna figure anything out.
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Creating a pillow just to clutch it to her chest, Julie stares at a pebble on the ground as she gets lost in her own head. Her intention was not to deceive anyone, nor upset anyone. Her intention was to keep them all safe -- if she kept it secret, then she gave every single one of them plausible deniability should she get caught. She doesn't deny that it had the added boon of keeping her loved ones from stopping her, but this was exactly what she didn't want. Geralt has put himself in harm's way, both literally and figuratively. Not only has he joined her in essentially no man's land that's practically radioactive with magic, but he's also opened himself up to potential discovery by the government.
She doesn't know what will happen if they do figure out there's more than just one Summoned missing. She doesn't trust that anyone else who could have gotten him here won't turn him in.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know how else to keep you safe. Any of y'all.
If I die or get caught, I don't want to take you or anyone else down with me.
Up to this moment, Julie hadn't really minded the unchanging sky; now, she wishes it was the dark of night. The dusty pink overhead feels almost insensitive with this weight in her heart.
This was the only way I was ever gonna figure anything out.