[ It flooded all else. To overwhelm Geralt. To hide her.
She did what she had to.
Ciri realizes her fingers have tightened around Geralt's forearm, holding onto him too hard. With her next breath, her hand withdraws. She pushes her hair out of her eyes, unnecessarily. Swallows down the sharp shards of the I'm sorry lodged in her throat, fractured from overuse. No point pulling it back out again.
no subject
She did what she had to.
Ciri realizes her fingers have tightened around Geralt's forearm, holding onto him too hard. With her next breath, her hand withdraws. She pushes her hair out of her eyes, unnecessarily. Swallows down the sharp shards of the I'm sorry lodged in her throat, fractured from overuse. No point pulling it back out again.
She cannot apologize for what she is. ]
And then? How did you escape?