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[lovelybottom]

                  

Hm.

[Silence. In the background, a faint, admonishing Geralt! can be heard.]

Call the bard.

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Backdated to Pre-Sylvain Depression Times

[bestswordmaster]

hi.
I assume you remember the day the indeedee showed up
and pried into everyone's private business to deliver secrets to people.
something jaskier said made me realize that one of the ones I received was from you.
and jaskier wanted me to tell you about it.
so it says:

"He reminds me of Lambert, but with better footwork. He'd have been a good Wolf, but it's for the best that he isn't. He would have resented it too."

jaskier told me lambert is another of your wolves.
the name confused me because lambert was dimitri's father's name.

[lovelybottom]

You're right, it's from me. Didn't think Lambert was that common of a name.

[Then again, you wouldn't think that Geralt is either, but somehow Byleth's father was also named basically the same thing.]

Is it going to be a problem?

[bestswordmaster]

what?
no.
I'm proud to know you think so highly of me.
but I didn't realize you resented your work.
why?

[lovelybottom]

I don't. Lambert does.

[bestswordmaster]

I see.
my question remains.

[lovelybottom]

No one chooses to become a witcher. Boys end up at the schools either as orphans, abandoned, or children of surprise. Lambert was the latter.

Even once you're there, the training is brutal. Boys die. You could argue that they're the lucky ones. Death from cold or accident is usually quick. The ones that survive long enough are Trialed, and seven in ten are lost to that. There are more Trials later, but those claim fewer boys. Still, a cohort of two dozen will be down to three or four at most by the time they're old enough to get their medallions.

Once they're old enough to take to the Path, all they have to look forward to are monsters and scorn and death.

When I thought you would make a good Wolf, it was a compliment to your skills, but I wouldn't wish the life of a witcher on you.