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The number of people who really thought I’d leave you all hanging on that sad, sad ending! I’m so sorry, babies, I know I’ve hurt you all a lot over the years with my abandoned WIPs but like, no, I have grown as a person, I promise, baby take me back.
So chapter 3, glass shards, in which Geralt is a chatty bitch when he’s running a high fever, and Jaskier is not actually in this chapter but has a lot of lines of dialogue. (Poor Ciri.)
Geralt had to take a moment and breathe to keep his composure. “I don’t deserve you,” he said. “Not after what I’ve done. But I need– I know, I told you I didn’t need anyone, I spent a long time pushing people away and making myself unpleasant so they wouldn’t come back, and it’s going to kill me, now. I need help. Jaskier, I’m sorry, and I can’t possibly make it up to you.”
“I’m Ciri,” Jaskier said.
“Ciri,” Geralt said. Yes, that was the center of all of this. “She needs me, but I can’t–”
“I’m Ciri,” Jaskier said again.
“Yes,” Geralt said. “Listen. Destiny brought her and I together, but what if it wasn’t that Destiny intended me to get her to her destination? I might only be a stepping-stone along the way. If I die on the Path I can’t see her journey through. But what’s important is to keep moving on the trail Destiny has laid out.”
“I,” Jaskier said, then finished wearily, “well, we are.”
The number of people who really thought I’d leave you all hanging on that sad, sad ending! I’m so sorry, babies, I know I’ve hurt you all a lot over the years with my abandoned WIPs but like, no, I have grown as a person, I promise, baby take me back.
So chapter 3, glass shards, in which Geralt is a chatty bitch when he’s running a high fever, and Jaskier is not actually in this chapter but has a lot of lines of dialogue. (Poor Ciri.)
Geralt had to take a moment and breathe to keep his composure. “I don’t deserve you,” he said. “Not after what I’ve done. But I need– I know, I told you I didn’t need anyone, I spent a long time pushing people away and making myself unpleasant so they wouldn’t come back, and it’s going to kill me, now. I need help. Jaskier, I’m sorry, and I can’t possibly make it up to you.”
“I’m Ciri,” Jaskier said.
“Ciri,” Geralt said. Yes, that was the center of all of this. “She needs me, but I can’t–”
“I’m Ciri,” Jaskier said again.
“Yes,” Geralt said. “Listen. Destiny brought her and I together, but what if it wasn’t that Destiny intended me to get her to her destination? I might only be a stepping-stone along the way. If I die on the Path I can’t see her journey through. But what’s important is to keep moving on the trail Destiny has laid out.”
“I,” Jaskier said, then finished wearily, “well, we are.”
