[ Geralt does seem to be implying that he's been training this imaginary moogle in how to use a sword, which is perhaps too much for Thancred to try and understand in the given moment. Especially when there is a lift here and the three of them simply consigned themselves to the stairs. ]

Depends on the knight, wouldn't you say? And yes, the idea is generally to be intimidating.

[ There's much more he could say on the topic of dark knights, but that can wait for another time. The lift has arrived and it seems both Geralt and Jaskier are unfamiliar, given how they eye it with such wariness. As if it's going to swallow them whole if they step inside.

He scoffs and shakes his head, moving into the lift with little hesitation before he spins back to face them. ] You're not going to die. Don't be so dramatic. Come now, you'll see. It's quite the brilliant invention and it's bound to make you hate those stairs even more than you already do.