This place. [ Here. This is what changed. He arrived with Jaskier, then Yen, then Ciri, all of them gathered in Thorne, no longer capable of escaping each other. And even after he left Yennefer for the Free Cities, they had forged a common thread: protecting Ciri.
But then, he has never quite escaped Yennefer, no matter how far across the Continent from her he strays. He's not sure any distance could let him escape her. He isn't trying to, either. Not anymore.
He hums. It doesn't surprise him Istredd has been thinking of refuge. Geralt has not, but only because he believes that should any of the territories fall, he will leave altogether. Slip away between borders. It's how he prefers to live. The longer he remains in the Free Cities, restricted, the more he's been considering how to end that. He knows Ciri is safer here, in Abraxas, but they can't live at the whims of the humans who stole them from their homes. ]
You're thinking of the elves.
[ That isn't a question, either. Geralt's mind has drifted to the same. The elves, his own people. The dwarves. Even the Fey in this sphere. It's too often the same story. ]
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But then, he has never quite escaped Yennefer, no matter how far across the Continent from her he strays. He's not sure any distance could let him escape her. He isn't trying to, either. Not anymore.
He hums. It doesn't surprise him Istredd has been thinking of refuge. Geralt has not, but only because he believes that should any of the territories fall, he will leave altogether. Slip away between borders. It's how he prefers to live. The longer he remains in the Free Cities, restricted, the more he's been considering how to end that. He knows Ciri is safer here, in Abraxas, but they can't live at the whims of the humans who stole them from their homes. ]
You're thinking of the elves.
[ That isn't a question, either. Geralt's mind has drifted to the same. The elves, his own people. The dwarves. Even the Fey in this sphere. It's too often the same story. ]