[ It can, he thinks. He has done it. Folded it up. But he's had a long time to discover what it means not just to survive, but to live in a way that feels like it matters. Even so, sometimes he isn't sure. Sometimes he wants to lay down and let the earth swallow him.
His gaze lingers on Jaskier. I learned that from you. He curls his fingers into a cushion. I wanted to be like you. Indifferent to the past. Yeah. He understands the desire. The need to empty yourself and start over. He used to be the same. Every so often, the urge strikes him still. To want to forget some things. He's since learned otherwise. There's a reason Renfri's brooch has remained on his sword for two decades. There is a reason those bones do not budge from the grounds of his domain. He has buried a lot of the pieces of himself that serve no purpose, but he doesn't forget what has brought him to where he is.
For a moment, he's silent. There's nothing about Jaskier that felt rotten, he wants to say. That isn't why he'd left. But that isn't what this is about. Not really. ]
Who says we can't? [ That's a choice they make. To keep going or not. ] Vesemir once told me the Path is not what we follow. It's what we define as we move forward.
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His gaze lingers on Jaskier. I learned that from you. He curls his fingers into a cushion. I wanted to be like you. Indifferent to the past. Yeah. He understands the desire. The need to empty yourself and start over. He used to be the same. Every so often, the urge strikes him still. To want to forget some things. He's since learned otherwise. There's a reason Renfri's brooch has remained on his sword for two decades. There is a reason those bones do not budge from the grounds of his domain. He has buried a lot of the pieces of himself that serve no purpose, but he doesn't forget what has brought him to where he is.
For a moment, he's silent. There's nothing about Jaskier that felt rotten, he wants to say. That isn't why he'd left. But that isn't what this is about. Not really. ]
Who says we can't? [ That's a choice they make. To keep going or not. ] Vesemir once told me the Path is not what we follow. It's what we define as we move forward.