Blessed silence. It's a phrase that haunts Geralt, really, from all those years ago when there had been a djinn and he'd made a stupid, stupid wish. He'd wanted a little peace and quiet, yes, but never if the sacrifice for it was Dandelion's life.
"I am certain that I've never made a wish that's ever been what I truly wanted in my entire life," he says, because it's the truth-- every wish that he'd made had never turned out how he wanted. He'd wished for quiet so that he could sleep, and gotten a best friend with a tumor in his throat; he'd made a wish to save Yen's life and ended up with her emotionally and magically bound to him. And apparently this alternate universe version of himself made a stupid wish to have Jaskier out of his life, and Geralt hopes that he's realized by now how much of a mistake that wish was.
(On another Continent, a white-haired witcher opens the door to an inn to find a bard already waiting for him, tuning his lute before the nightly rush. The witcher had left him in the dust two towns ago, and had only stopped for two days to complete a contract in the meanwhile. There shouldn't have been any way that the bard could get in front of him, not unless he knew exactly where he was going. The bard winks at him in a truly infuriating manner and tells him that his room is the third door on the right, and that there's a bath already drawn. Geralt grinds his teeth, but it's been over a week since he's had the coin for a hot bath, and he won't pass up the opportunity for a free one.)
"I really don't understand your universe's version of me," Geralt continues. "Maybe I won't, unless I meet him. The reasons for his behavior are a mystery to me."
Geralt doesn't like leaving mysteries unsolved. Though-- with a call to Yen, this mystery could, perhaps, eventually be uncovered. She's already interested in this alternate universe business, it might not be so difficult to convince her to bring this other him into their world along with Dandelion, just for a little while. Just long enough for her to get a look at him and for Geralt to get a better understanding, and maybe even to learn his younger self a few much-needed lessons.
"He can't have always been so cruel to you, if you've stayed with him for so long?"
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"I am certain that I've never made a wish that's ever been what I truly wanted in my entire life," he says, because it's the truth-- every wish that he'd made had never turned out how he wanted. He'd wished for quiet so that he could sleep, and gotten a best friend with a tumor in his throat; he'd made a wish to save Yen's life and ended up with her emotionally and magically bound to him. And apparently this alternate universe version of himself made a stupid wish to have Jaskier out of his life, and Geralt hopes that he's realized by now how much of a mistake that wish was.
(On another Continent, a white-haired witcher opens the door to an inn to find a bard already waiting for him, tuning his lute before the nightly rush. The witcher had left him in the dust two towns ago, and had only stopped for two days to complete a contract in the meanwhile. There shouldn't have been any way that the bard could get in front of him, not unless he knew exactly where he was going. The bard winks at him in a truly infuriating manner and tells him that his room is the third door on the right, and that there's a bath already drawn. Geralt grinds his teeth, but it's been over a week since he's had the coin for a hot bath, and he won't pass up the opportunity for a free one.)
"I really don't understand your universe's version of me," Geralt continues. "Maybe I won't, unless I meet him. The reasons for his behavior are a mystery to me."
Geralt doesn't like leaving mysteries unsolved. Though-- with a call to Yen, this mystery could, perhaps, eventually be uncovered. She's already interested in this alternate universe business, it might not be so difficult to convince her to bring this other him into their world along with Dandelion, just for a little while. Just long enough for her to get a look at him and for Geralt to get a better understanding, and maybe even to learn his younger self a few much-needed lessons.
"He can't have always been so cruel to you, if you've stayed with him for so long?"