[ It helps, really, to need not explain. He's only told Jaskier and Ciri exactly what happened—Jaskier because it'd just...come out, and Ciri because he never wants to hide the truth from the girl. But even then, other than Kylo, Julie is the only person who found him at his worst. He knows she must've put enough of a picture together, even though she's not asked him much.
So there's no need to say why he's here, no need to say what he's looking for. A distraction but also just company. She's easy to be around; he likes listening to her go on about her world and the things in it, her home, her old and new life—all of which he understands about half of at best but which doesn't matter because that's not the point.
He is still healing, out there and in here alike, but he takes her weight on his lap easily—either because he's recovered enough or because some part of him simply doesn't wish for interface right now, though she'll find the stitched up gash down his back plain as day. Her dress is far less complicated to work with than her costume from the first time. He pushes up the already shortened hem of it, fingers curled around her bare thigh as they kiss. ]
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So there's no need to say why he's here, no need to say what he's looking for. A distraction but also just company. She's easy to be around; he likes listening to her go on about her world and the things in it, her home, her old and new life—all of which he understands about half of at best but which doesn't matter because that's not the point.
He is still healing, out there and in here alike, but he takes her weight on his lap easily—either because he's recovered enough or because some part of him simply doesn't wish for interface right now, though she'll find the stitched up gash down his back plain as day. Her dress is far less complicated to work with than her costume from the first time. He pushes up the already shortened hem of it, fingers curled around her bare thigh as they kiss. ]