[ CLOSED ] on the ice i'm afraid

[gynvael]

Who: Geralt + Various
When: November
Where: Cadens; Horizon; Nocwich
What: after the old gods, life goes on.
Warnings: Blanket for Witcher canon and general fuckery; nsfw marked



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[gynvael]

A summer or two. Sure. [ That's all the time that makes up before. A handful of years. He tips his head, something of a shrug in the gesture. ] Another life, really.

[ One that's not been a part of him for a long time. He remembers like one remembers a child they once knew; distant, not quite him—something he only thinks about when the topic arises. Mostly, when he considers his childhood, it begins at the gates of Kaer Morhen.

Steve is right. He has made his peace. Inasmuch as peace ever enters his life. He had a family he actually gives a shit about, and he knows that's more than most ever receive. ]

Could be worse. [ His eyebrow lifts. ] I might've been raised collecting leeches.

[assembles]

[ Another life. Steve nods, maybe a little too emphatically, because that's how the time from before the serum feels to him too. Even though it had been over twenty years of his life, the time that's passed makes it feel like he was a different person back then.

And, well, in a lot of ways he had been. Though nothing has changed at the core. That's the whole reason Erskine's formula even worked.

Before Steve can respond, Geralt cuts in with that next wry comment and it takes him by surprise. A curt laugh startles out of him, maybe the first one he's ever managed around Geralt. ] That's... those are your options? Child experiments or collecting leeches?

[ He lets out a low whistle and shakes his head to himself, then takes a long drink. ]

Well, I'm glad you made it out the other end and found your way. For better or worse.

[gynvael]

[ His lips quirk. No. Not quite. But the point stands. ] What were yours?

[ People do not simply volunteer to be experimented upon without a reason. It's a personal question; he doesn't expect a genuine answer, wouldn't be bothered if Steve doesn't grant him one. They don't know each other like that.

Maybe a little better than two hours ago.

Still, rocky start aside, Steve is Sam's friend. One of the few Sam's ever spoken of. And he does trust Sam's judgement, if not necessarily all of his friends. ]