[ A familiar scenario, then. One gone wrong. He knows how that feels. He's dreamed plenty of memories steeped in blood, bodies that never were and some that are. He doesn't entirely recall the incident, but he does remember John finding him. He remembers smelling the stench of fear in the air and the dried blood on the ground. How John never left his bedside.
He breathes out and lays his hand on John's. ] You weren't. I'm here.
[ He lets the quiet settle for a minute. In the best of times, he isn't the most skilled at reassurance. Perhaps he has always been too frank for his own good. The truth is, he cannot promise John he'll be fine. He can't promise he won't find his life at stake.
He is what he is. And so is John. Neither of them have been spared danger. ]
John... [ He pauses. Have you thought about it? What we spoke of before? The words linger on his tongue. He decides against them, though perhaps John may sense that what he says next was not his original thought. ] Come with me. Bring the letters.
[ In their time together, he has not yet introduced John to the temple which lays beneath Kaer Morhen. Maybe it's time. If nothing else, John might find the atmosphere less stifling. ]
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He breathes out and lays his hand on John's. ] You weren't. I'm here.
[ He lets the quiet settle for a minute. In the best of times, he isn't the most skilled at reassurance. Perhaps he has always been too frank for his own good. The truth is, he cannot promise John he'll be fine. He can't promise he won't find his life at stake.
He is what he is. And so is John. Neither of them have been spared danger. ]
John... [ He pauses. Have you thought about it? What we spoke of before? The words linger on his tongue. He decides against them, though perhaps John may sense that what he says next was not his original thought. ] Come with me. Bring the letters.
[ In their time together, he has not yet introduced John to the temple which lays beneath Kaer Morhen. Maybe it's time. If nothing else, John might find the atmosphere less stifling. ]