[Jaskier nods, lifting a hand to coast his fingertips across the top of the water.] That, my dear, is not mutually exclusive from the others. I believe it's always been the case. After all, if we're expended... can they not just summon more? Both the Free Cities and Solvunn have been summoning more. I assume Nott is the same. Anyone with the capabilities will know this is how one crafts the winning hand.

[He flicks a bit of water at her ball of it, simply for fun, for some sort of lightness to what is otherwise far from a light conversation. It says enough how Geralt's kidnapping has affected him that he's managed to get this far with a naked woman a few feet away, stretched out in his water.]

Don't you think they're trying to learn? They must want to know how we do it so badly. And once it's figured out, they'll have no need of any of us anymore. That will be the kingdom that wins.