Geralt decides that it's prudent not to mention that, when the dragon hunt was over, Dandelion had looked at him and said let's get the fuck off of this awful mountain, Geralt, and go to Oxenfurt. He'd had a salary to pick up from the university, and he knew the best brothels to go to and was willing to pay for a few nights of Geralt's entertainment if he agreed to show up for a few of his performances. So he spent the next two weeks playing gwent during the day, and at night, split between a whore's bed and companionably sharing Dandelion's. Which was its own kind of torment, mostly Geralt's own fault because he wouldn't recognize why he felt a strange, wistful longing when he shared the bard's bed until later.
(It is a truly fine bed. Geralt also found that out later.)
Best not to mention it.
Yen would likely be interested in the stark differences between their universe and Jaskier's, and how it impacts the decisions that Jaskier's Geralt has made. This Geralt, meanwhile, is mostly confused and angered by these decisions, because of how contradictory they seem. Spending twenty years looking after the bard, saving him from both cuckolds and monsters, only to later call him a burden and send him off. Blaming him for things that he knows were not his fault; Jaskier didn't put the words for the djinn wish into his mouth, didn't make him call for law of surprise. He must know this. It can't be simple cruelty, so what's the reason for it? A fit of Yennefer-induced self-loathing? A revelation about the feelings of a certain bard after he'd basically asked him to run off with him? Both?
He doesn't know. But he does know that Dandelion is likely to be in the company of this version of himself, so it should be simple for Yen to fetch him when she fetches his bard, as well. And there are few fits of idiocy that can't be solved with a good punch to the face.
"As I said before, you're welcome to stay here for as long as you wish."
He doubts if that would ever be permanent-- this bard is still young enough to want to travel the Continent, to find new stories to tell. He's not ready for semi-retirement, wouldn't be content to spend multiple seasons in one place. No matter how good the wine is.
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(It is a truly fine bed. Geralt also found that out later.)
Best not to mention it.
Yen would likely be interested in the stark differences between their universe and Jaskier's, and how it impacts the decisions that Jaskier's Geralt has made. This Geralt, meanwhile, is mostly confused and angered by these decisions, because of how contradictory they seem. Spending twenty years looking after the bard, saving him from both cuckolds and monsters, only to later call him a burden and send him off. Blaming him for things that he knows were not his fault; Jaskier didn't put the words for the djinn wish into his mouth, didn't make him call for law of surprise. He must know this. It can't be simple cruelty, so what's the reason for it? A fit of Yennefer-induced self-loathing? A revelation about the feelings of a certain bard after he'd basically asked him to run off with him? Both?
He doesn't know. But he does know that Dandelion is likely to be in the company of this version of himself, so it should be simple for Yen to fetch him when she fetches his bard, as well. And there are few fits of idiocy that can't be solved with a good punch to the face.
"As I said before, you're welcome to stay here for as long as you wish."
He doubts if that would ever be permanent-- this bard is still young enough to want to travel the Continent, to find new stories to tell. He's not ready for semi-retirement, wouldn't be content to spend multiple seasons in one place. No matter how good the wine is.