The pointed question goes unanswered for awhile. He starts to walk. Right. The same queen. Overseeing the things a queen would not normally waste her time overseeing, with her spineless mage boy.
Himeka had told him Estinien had made clumsy efforts towards diplomacy. Geralt has no reason to disbelieve her, even though he stands by what he told her—that the elf is shit at it. There's a look cast in Estinien's direction that says they both know he can make his guesses. He is not here to defend either Yennefer or himself for the choices they've made. Never has been. Certainly not to an effective stranger. But he can't deny things have gotten more tangled as of late.
"Key or not, they were able to break into my mind," he replies finally. "So you'll understand when I tell you I've little inclination to discuss Yennefer's involvement with you or yours should your number ever come up."
It's no longer a matter of trust, though there's that, too. But explicitly, the fewer who realize why Yennefer is in Thorne, the better. Still, the implication is there, that there's more to it than a case of Yennefer remaining behind simply because she's amongst those who give a fuck about what Thorne wants. He imagines only a small handful of those in the castle actually care about what Thorne wants, in fact.
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Himeka had told him Estinien had made clumsy efforts towards diplomacy. Geralt has no reason to disbelieve her, even though he stands by what he told her—that the elf is shit at it. There's a look cast in Estinien's direction that says they both know he can make his guesses. He is not here to defend either Yennefer or himself for the choices they've made. Never has been. Certainly not to an effective stranger. But he can't deny things have gotten more tangled as of late.
"Key or not, they were able to break into my mind," he replies finally. "So you'll understand when I tell you I've little inclination to discuss Yennefer's involvement with you or yours should your number ever come up."
It's no longer a matter of trust, though there's that, too. But explicitly, the fewer who realize why Yennefer is in Thorne, the better. Still, the implication is there, that there's more to it than a case of Yennefer remaining behind simply because she's amongst those who give a fuck about what Thorne wants. He imagines only a small handful of those in the castle actually care about what Thorne wants, in fact.