[ In the silence, Geralt is still. He idly watches the unicorn, steals a sip from the bourbon of his own, and eventually sighs when she asks her question. It is not a sigh at Julie so much as a sigh at. Things. In general.
She was after Ciri. They are always after Ciri. He hopes this world may be different, but he doesn't know. If Nilfgaard found out long before any of them did, who's to say someone in this sphere would not have the means to do so, as well? He's still told no one. Ciri has told exactly two people, Jaskier and Yennefer, and he knows that that is how it will stay. She already looks over her shoulder enough as it is, with how the Singularity keeps fucking with her magic.
But Ciri was not the sole reason, was she? Not really. A path home. A means to an ends. He wonders how many more will continue to see her as a means to an end, if they realize the truth. ]
There was a monolith. Buried inside Kaer Morhen. When I asked of entities and gateways on you world, it's... [ He pauses. He sounds immeasurably tired as he explains, because frankly he's barely had much time to wrap his head around the whole the fucking thing. What he knows changes everything, in ways he's yet to fully understand. ] Since the Conjunction, a rare few monoliths have been found on the Continent. We believed them nothing more than heavy detritus from that time. Recently, it's come to light they're gateways of a kind. Ones that may exist in some form on every sphere.
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She was after Ciri. They are always after Ciri. He hopes this world may be different, but he doesn't know. If Nilfgaard found out long before any of them did, who's to say someone in this sphere would not have the means to do so, as well? He's still told no one. Ciri has told exactly two people, Jaskier and Yennefer, and he knows that that is how it will stay. She already looks over her shoulder enough as it is, with how the Singularity keeps fucking with her magic.
But Ciri was not the sole reason, was she? Not really. A path home. A means to an ends. He wonders how many more will continue to see her as a means to an end, if they realize the truth. ]
There was a monolith. Buried inside Kaer Morhen. When I asked of entities and gateways on you world, it's... [ He pauses. He sounds immeasurably tired as he explains, because frankly he's barely had much time to wrap his head around the whole the fucking thing. What he knows changes everything, in ways he's yet to fully understand. ] Since the Conjunction, a rare few monoliths have been found on the Continent. We believed them nothing more than heavy detritus from that time. Recently, it's come to light they're gateways of a kind. Ones that may exist in some form on every sphere.