[ She grabs him so abruptly, he doesn't think twice before his arm goes around her. Does he? He takes a moment to reply. This is not a decision to make lightly, and yet, he only feels relief at having made it. Because the thought of returning to the Continent is rife with so much fucking risk. What awaits her there, what has yet to come, if the Wild Hunt will come for her the moment she steps through a portal—
He's lost her before. Twice. Once, when he'd believed she couldn't possibly have survived Nilfgaard on her own. Then in the Horizon: a shadow of her that had felt nonetheless real. He woke up to the understanding that nothing changed, that she was likely lost back home. He can't do it again. He's lost too much already.
If they stay, there's a chance she can live a life where no one is hunting her down. On the Continent, that can't ever be possible. Not as long as kingdoms and entities exist who desire her powers, who know where and what she is. ]
Yes. [ His answer is firm. He knows he will talk to Jaskier. And...perhaps Yennefer. If—if. He doesn't know yet. Yennefer remains a complicated matter, as always. ] I'm sure.
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He's lost her before. Twice. Once, when he'd believed she couldn't possibly have survived Nilfgaard on her own. Then in the Horizon: a shadow of her that had felt nonetheless real. He woke up to the understanding that nothing changed, that she was likely lost back home. He can't do it again. He's lost too much already.
If they stay, there's a chance she can live a life where no one is hunting her down. On the Continent, that can't ever be possible. Not as long as kingdoms and entities exist who desire her powers, who know where and what she is. ]
Yes. [ His answer is firm. He knows he will talk to Jaskier. And...perhaps Yennefer. If—if. He doesn't know yet. Yennefer remains a complicated matter, as always. ] I'm sure.