[ Ciri nods in thanks, taking the berries and eating a few of them before putting the rest away in her pack. Jaskier's whining is ignored -- or at least not commented on. She watches him speak to the plant, then looks out beyond him toward the horizon, considering the position of the sun. ]
Why don't you take a cutting to bring with us? I imagine it'd be easier than growing the whole thing from nothing every time.
[ The conversation is mostly to fill the time. She's itching to go, to get back on the road and stop wasting time. She wills the sun to set faster, but it does not obey, not former princesses or would-be Witchers or even Elder blood. Though the temperatures aren't as hot as they were when they first arrived in this area of the world, it's still too bright and dry and the sun still beats down with a brutal intensity that puts them and their horses at risk of heat exhaustion. So Ciri waits, each minute of the waiting pressing under her skin like nails.
They talk of plants, of the temperature and the desert, of various beasts they may need to watch out for as they travel -- but never of their goal. Of Geralt.
Ciri refuses to waste energy on what-ifs and wondering (distracting, useless things, letting the panic seep in); she is focused only on finding him. ]
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Why don't you take a cutting to bring with us? I imagine it'd be easier than growing the whole thing from nothing every time.
[ The conversation is mostly to fill the time. She's itching to go, to get back on the road and stop wasting time. She wills the sun to set faster, but it does not obey, not former princesses or would-be Witchers or even Elder blood. Though the temperatures aren't as hot as they were when they first arrived in this area of the world, it's still too bright and dry and the sun still beats down with a brutal intensity that puts them and their horses at risk of heat exhaustion. So Ciri waits, each minute of the waiting pressing under her skin like nails.
They talk of plants, of the temperature and the desert, of various beasts they may need to watch out for as they travel -- but never of their goal. Of Geralt.
Ciri refuses to waste energy on what-ifs and wondering (distracting, useless things, letting the panic seep in); she is focused only on finding him. ]