Jaskier has been feeling very sympathetic for Dandelion so far, but also quite envious, for obvious reasons. So he can't help feeling his ego pleasantly stroked when New Geralt mentions Dandelion would feel a bit envious in return - finally, one for Jaskier's favor! It's not much, but he'll take it.
Two things help him distract from his indignation: the already mentioned ego stroking, and Geralt mentioning how he got to attend the banquet. In fact, he isn't only distracted, he's outright laughing. Oh, this is amazing, he can't believe Dandelion missed it.
"You? Dressed as a knight?" More laughter. "Did Mousesack make fun of that outfit too?"
He better had, Jaskier won't accept judging for his choices in his world and not this one. It was a perfectly good plan and the druid ruined it! After finally sitting down, the glass of wine -bottle unnoticed for now- is accepted with a mumbled thank you and Jaskier takes a sip before replying. Oh damn, that's fucking good wine. He's missed it.
"At least you did get coin out of it." A nod at the question, amusement obvious in blue eyes, because a huffing Geralt is an adorable Geralt in every world. "Indeed. Sir I-don't-get-involved got, to nobody's surprise, involved. And asked for the Law of Surprise instead of one hundred years of Roaches." Jaskier shakes his head. Unbelievable. "I wrote a whole ballad about it, which I've never gotten to sing to Princess Cirilla. Queen Calanthe has banned all songs that mention the White Wolf in Cintra."
A pause follows as Jaskier considers the rest while sipping more wine, staring at the glass right after. That's very classic Geralt, too, not wanting the bard around in case he may get hurt. And Jaskier always has the same answer ready for that little problem, the question is - is his heart still in it? After all that happened?
One look into golden eyes and he knows he'll always be a fool.
"...you wouldn't have let anything happen to him."
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Two things help him distract from his indignation: the already mentioned ego stroking, and Geralt mentioning how he got to attend the banquet. In fact, he isn't only distracted, he's outright laughing. Oh, this is amazing, he can't believe Dandelion missed it.
"You? Dressed as a knight?" More laughter. "Did Mousesack make fun of that outfit too?"
He better had, Jaskier won't accept judging for his choices in his world and not this one. It was a perfectly good plan and the druid ruined it! After finally sitting down, the glass of wine -bottle unnoticed for now- is accepted with a mumbled thank you and Jaskier takes a sip before replying. Oh damn, that's fucking good wine. He's missed it.
"At least you did get coin out of it." A nod at the question, amusement obvious in blue eyes, because a huffing Geralt is an adorable Geralt in every world. "Indeed. Sir I-don't-get-involved got, to nobody's surprise, involved. And asked for the Law of Surprise instead of one hundred years of Roaches." Jaskier shakes his head. Unbelievable. "I wrote a whole ballad about it, which I've never gotten to sing to Princess Cirilla. Queen Calanthe has banned all songs that mention the White Wolf in Cintra."
A pause follows as Jaskier considers the rest while sipping more wine, staring at the glass right after. That's very classic Geralt, too, not wanting the bard around in case he may get hurt. And Jaskier always has the same answer ready for that little problem, the question is - is his heart still in it? After all that happened?
One look into golden eyes and he knows he'll always be a fool.
"...you wouldn't have let anything happen to him."