[As if Jaskier doesn't know the well-practiced moves of the easily flustered. That it is Ciri, who he has witnessed slaughter men effortlessly, who has portaled across sand and dunes, who has ridden horses like a demon -- it makes it all the better.
It's no longer a question why a man like Geralt could love a child so easily. Not because she is easy to get along with, or that she is completely comprehensible. Both things are false. It's... perhaps the answer truly lies in Ciri's sincerity in all things.
It is a quality that inspires men and women alike. A quality that has fools follow after a man's footsteps for a lifetime.]
I know. [He laughs quietly into his next sip.] I only wanted to hear you say it.
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It's no longer a question why a man like Geralt could love a child so easily. Not because she is easy to get along with, or that she is completely comprehensible. Both things are false. It's... perhaps the answer truly lies in Ciri's sincerity in all things.
It is a quality that inspires men and women alike. A quality that has fools follow after a man's footsteps for a lifetime.]
I know. [He laughs quietly into his next sip.] I only wanted to hear you say it.