[ There are many things he regrets. His words to Jaskier rank highly among them. Much time has passed since he's last seen him. Too much, it seems. Geralt, you idiot.
If pressed later he might argue that there was not a tremor to his sword hand when the hood came away from the traveler's face. Ciri is riding her mare. She seemed to find it amusing that he called his own something so simple and took after it. Cricket, she insisted, as she seemed to chirp more than bray.
The anger in his eyes, whether felt or not in the moment, runs through him easier than any blade could. He deserves that. He can feel Ciri's questioning gaze in the back of his skull as he sheathes his sword from where he walks beside Roach. ]
Jaskier. [ No, there isn't a modicum of relief in his tone. If there is, he swallows it down with the bitter feeling that rises up. ] I didn't recognize you with the cloak.
[ He never favored them before. That would mean he was ---likely attempting to hide who he was from him. He's not sure what hurts worse. The knowledge that he's angry still, after all this time, or that he would hide himself and let him think him a stranger on the road? ]
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If pressed later he might argue that there was not a tremor to his sword hand when the hood came away from the traveler's face. Ciri is riding her mare. She seemed to find it amusing that he called his own something so simple and took after it. Cricket, she insisted, as she seemed to chirp more than bray.
The anger in his eyes, whether felt or not in the moment, runs through him easier than any blade could. He deserves that. He can feel Ciri's questioning gaze in the back of his skull as he sheathes his sword from where he walks beside Roach. ]
Jaskier. [ No, there isn't a modicum of relief in his tone. If there is, he swallows it down with the bitter feeling that rises up. ] I didn't recognize you with the cloak.
[ He never favored them before. That would mean he was ---likely attempting to hide who he was from him. He's not sure what hurts worse. The knowledge that he's angry still, after all this time, or that he would hide himself and let him think him a stranger on the road? ]