[ Is that what she thinks? That he finds the Cities safe? He isn't anywhere because it's safe. The entire world is not safe. It never will be. It's one more thing Yennefer doesn't know, doesn't understand: that Ciri can be both the key to unlocking and destroying the Singularity. If these monoliths exist on every realm, then every realm will have someone seeking to control them. Where they go, she will be wanted. The only thing he can do is to make sure she isn't further at risk from anything else. From someone he was supposed to be able to trust. Who is she to lecture him about what he needs to remember when it comes to protecting his child?
Fuck the Queen. She is still so caught up on the Queen. There's so much more to contend with than a vindictive royal operating behind closed doors. His expression says she is telling him nothing he wants to hear, that she doesn't get it, that he no longer finds it worth trying to explain. ]
I did not ask you to run. I asked you to make a choice that wasn't about you for once.
[ She is afraid of leaving Thorne. She's afraid of losing what she's gained there. He understands. It also doesn't matter. They are all afraid. He's afraid of what will happen to Ciri here if he can't protect her secrets, he's afraid of what might happen to the Continent back home that they've now put behind them. He's afraid of what Vesemir will do, when he and Ciri never return. He's made his decision, anyway. They can't keep turning back because they're too afraid to move forward. All Yennefer has ever done is try to turn back: her chance to have a child, regaining her Chaos, returning to Thorne.
He's moved on. From what's been taken, from stolen childhoods and homes. Ciri has moved on. Jaskier is beginning to. It feels like Yennefer never will. ]
All you have done is run back to Thorne. [ Destiny has brought them together. It can't keep them from falling to ashes. That's only something she can do. ] If you won't look beyond what you've lost, so be it. But I will not wait for you to find your future.
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Fuck the Queen. She is still so caught up on the Queen. There's so much more to contend with than a vindictive royal operating behind closed doors. His expression says she is telling him nothing he wants to hear, that she doesn't get it, that he no longer finds it worth trying to explain. ]
I did not ask you to run. I asked you to make a choice that wasn't about you for once.
[ She is afraid of leaving Thorne. She's afraid of losing what she's gained there. He understands. It also doesn't matter. They are all afraid. He's afraid of what will happen to Ciri here if he can't protect her secrets, he's afraid of what might happen to the Continent back home that they've now put behind them. He's afraid of what Vesemir will do, when he and Ciri never return. He's made his decision, anyway. They can't keep turning back because they're too afraid to move forward. All Yennefer has ever done is try to turn back: her chance to have a child, regaining her Chaos, returning to Thorne.
He's moved on. From what's been taken, from stolen childhoods and homes. Ciri has moved on. Jaskier is beginning to. It feels like Yennefer never will. ]
All you have done is run back to Thorne. [ Destiny has brought them together. It can't keep them from falling to ashes. That's only something she can do. ] If you won't look beyond what you've lost, so be it. But I will not wait for you to find your future.