[ There isn't anything she needs to offer, really. Mostly, he just wants to tell someone. He hasn't been able to. Jaskier is far too troubled; Ciri does not need his burdens.
He lets Julie take his hand, curls his fingers in hers. The silence settles for awhile. ]
Mmh. [ She's right. It's something he might've told another, too. Sometimes all you can do is wait and watch. But when it comes to him, he isn't certain how much it truly is all right to not know. Every time he doesn't know, every time he misses what he should've seen coming, someone pays the price. He can't help thinking it'll happen again.
After a minute, he looks up, over the railing to the empty floor below. Chairs stacked up. The somber quiet. He'd ask why she's out here with all this empty space instead of in her room, but he supposes he can guess. He wonders if it's unintentional, or if she put it all away deliberately. ]
Was it like this when you came? [ A pause, before he explains, ] Kaer Morhen...changed. Afterwards. I walked in and it was fallen apart.
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He lets Julie take his hand, curls his fingers in hers. The silence settles for awhile. ]
Mmh. [ She's right. It's something he might've told another, too. Sometimes all you can do is wait and watch. But when it comes to him, he isn't certain how much it truly is all right to not know. Every time he doesn't know, every time he misses what he should've seen coming, someone pays the price. He can't help thinking it'll happen again.
After a minute, he looks up, over the railing to the empty floor below. Chairs stacked up. The somber quiet. He'd ask why she's out here with all this empty space instead of in her room, but he supposes he can guess. He wonders if it's unintentional, or if she put it all away deliberately. ]
Was it like this when you came? [ A pause, before he explains, ] Kaer Morhen...changed. Afterwards. I walked in and it was fallen apart.