[John smiles to himself as Jaskier’s reply comes through. He had known he could rely on Jaskier for not only an answer, but an opinionated one at that.

John’s smile widens as he settles in for their conversation and Jaskier’s advice. Practical and endlessly hardheaded man. Well. John might not put it in exactly such words, but there is a reason that he has come to Jaskier for advice, rather than come to an idea on his own. Normally he is better at this, but he does want to give Geralt a gift both meaningful and something that he would want. And therein lies the challenge.]

𝓑𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾, 𝓙𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓮𝓻, 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮.

𝓘𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓮𝓪𝓹𝓸𝓷, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓽, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓪𝔂. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓭𝓸 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓞𝓻 𝓪𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓼𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓴𝓼 𝓸𝓯… 𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷.

[Sorry, Jaskier. He is trying not to make this weird. Weirder.]

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮, 𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰. 𝓘𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 — 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓰𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓼. 𝓢𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓯𝓾𝓵.

𝓘𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓹𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓸 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓷 𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓻𝔂 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷. 𝓐𝓵𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓘 𝓭𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓖𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓪 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬.