I am slightly surprised about Geralt because we've had enough conversations and theories about this place and Ciri's situation that I thought someone as important as you are would have come up. But I haven't known him long.
[ He does - insultingly - understand why he wouldn't mention Istredd to Jaskier, as he doesn't have much interest or respect for the mage, but the other way around would have made more sense. Alas, who knows what he considers important enough to mention. It just seemed to make sense to him in an information-sharing way, unless he feared Istredd would be a threat to Jaskier. Hilarious. ]
The timing would certainly make me believe your fears to be correct. They started to decline with the first Summoning, but became much worse recently between us and the rifts opening.
I like to hope that perhaps we can be the solution as well as the problem. We were able to restore some of their areas while there and bring back life to the places that had faded. If there is a time in the future where they would allow us to go back, we may be able to do more with intentional purpose. We didn't get the chance to connect with the dragons directly, outside of health potions like one I brought to them. I wonder if we would be able to give them some strength directly.
I agree, the idea that a species would die out when we had a chance to save it, I couldn't abide by that.
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[ He does - insultingly - understand why he wouldn't mention Istredd to Jaskier, as he doesn't have much interest or respect for the mage, but the other way around would have made more sense. Alas, who knows what he considers important enough to mention. It just seemed to make sense to him in an information-sharing way, unless he feared Istredd would be a threat to Jaskier. Hilarious. ]
The timing would certainly make me believe your fears to be correct. They started to decline with the first Summoning, but became much worse recently between us and the rifts opening.
I like to hope that perhaps we can be the solution as well as the problem. We were able to restore some of their areas while there and bring back life to the places that had faded. If there is a time in the future where they would allow us to go back, we may be able to do more with intentional purpose. We didn't get the chance to connect with the dragons directly, outside of health potions like one I brought to them. I wonder if we would be able to give them some strength directly.
I agree, the idea that a species would die out when we had a chance to save it, I couldn't abide by that.