[ He suspected as much. Something tells him it isn't even to do with her magic. Just the loss of it, that's affected her concentration so. He'd hoped, perhaps, at least her decision to remain in Thorne as she wanted would have helped, but. It hasn't. And it makes him ask further what the point even was.

He pushes it aside. A beat, and then: ] I have. [ Just the once, after the Summit. He has not tried to reach out to her again since. There isn't anything left he wants to say. ]

That's not why I asked, though. I thought if you aren't practicing with her, we should search for another way. The Singularity's strength only seems to be growing.

[ Ciri can only avoid using her magic for so long. He knows, as with all those born with powerful Chaos, it will burst out of her if not contained. She needs to learn how to control it, not just how to suppress it. He's been thinking of what that may look like. If it's possible to search for a mage nearby who might at least work with her in another manner—a version of what they call New Magic here—or something else. Perhaps it might be worth starting simpler.

Still, he wants to hear what Ciri thinks first before he proposes anything further. ]