[ He really goes places, doesn't he. Geralt makes a vague noise, willing to let the topic rest for now. He's not keen to dwell on what he saw. It's uncomfortably close to home.
Though on the matter of home.
His gaze flicks up. ] I'm not returning.
[ It's a decision he made a few months ago. He isn't the only one. Not all of them have a sphere intact to go home to. He does—he's leaving people behind—but the relief on Ciri's face when he had told her they could stay here tells him he made the right choice.
He still suspects she holds a key to it. If they can unlock her Elder Blood, she can open multiple doors through the Singularity. It's what she does. It's of no consequence; he won't allow it. The risk is too high. Her abilities remain unpredictable, especially here where the strengthened flow of chaos destabilizes her magic further. The Wild Hunt will undoubtedly sense her then. To him, there's no situation in which he'll let anyone use her—Summoned or otherwise. But he knows how people are when they're desperate, when they think they've found an answer to their problems. Not even his closest people here are aware of the truth. The sole person he's told is Jaskier. The others, they can do as they will to seek their road home, so long as it doesn't put her or this sphere in danger. But his priorities are elsewhere. ]
And I doubt there's a way to place us directly back on the path we were pushed off.
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Though on the matter of home.
His gaze flicks up. ] I'm not returning.
[ It's a decision he made a few months ago. He isn't the only one. Not all of them have a sphere intact to go home to. He does—he's leaving people behind—but the relief on Ciri's face when he had told her they could stay here tells him he made the right choice.
He still suspects she holds a key to it. If they can unlock her Elder Blood, she can open multiple doors through the Singularity. It's what she does. It's of no consequence; he won't allow it. The risk is too high. Her abilities remain unpredictable, especially here where the strengthened flow of chaos destabilizes her magic further. The Wild Hunt will undoubtedly sense her then. To him, there's no situation in which he'll let anyone use her—Summoned or otherwise. But he knows how people are when they're desperate, when they think they've found an answer to their problems. Not even his closest people here are aware of the truth. The sole person he's told is Jaskier. The others, they can do as they will to seek their road home, so long as it doesn't put her or this sphere in danger. But his priorities are elsewhere. ]
And I doubt there's a way to place us directly back on the path we were pushed off.