[ Geralt walks silently beside her while she gathers her thoughts. He can guess what's on her mind, true. He's asking not because he cannot surmise for himself but because he wants to hear what it is she wants to tell him. He knows it pained her to lose him again for those brief years amongst hundreds. It pained him, too, that they were apart. In the future, in their past, in her future. The one she alone lived through.
Here, they're together. He won't take it for granted.
His expression doesn't change, though Viktor will never not raise some wariness within him. He bears no grudge; rather, it's an uncertainty he has not yet determined how to ease. So for now, he continues to watch and keep his distance. ]
Yes. It will. [ That much is certain. Things get worse. They get better. An endless cycle. He sighs. She must sense his thoughts long before now, but he's refrained from speaking on them. It is not his wish to disrupt her friendship with Viktor. Or any of Viktor's friendships, in truth. He's seen what loneliness and despair breeds. Better that Viktor has people he cares for. ]
Viktor is determined to control the nature of our connection, to preserve what we have. [ A statement said plainly, gently prompting. ] Is that what you spoke of?
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Here, they're together. He won't take it for granted.
His expression doesn't change, though Viktor will never not raise some wariness within him. He bears no grudge; rather, it's an uncertainty he has not yet determined how to ease. So for now, he continues to watch and keep his distance. ]
Yes. It will. [ That much is certain. Things get worse. They get better. An endless cycle. He sighs. She must sense his thoughts long before now, but he's refrained from speaking on them. It is not his wish to disrupt her friendship with Viktor. Or any of Viktor's friendships, in truth. He's seen what loneliness and despair breeds. Better that Viktor has people he cares for. ]
Viktor is determined to control the nature of our connection, to preserve what we have. [ A statement said plainly, gently prompting. ] Is that what you spoke of?