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No. We'll handle it. And you'll be back here soon.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵?
𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?
𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?
We haven't...figured out how, exactly. I suppose it depends on how they try to send everyone back.
𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳.
𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳.
𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥? ಠ⌣ಠ
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳.
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳.
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸.
[ There's a long pause before another message finally follows. Probably right about the time steam starts coming out of her ears. ]
I'm not ignoring it. And I appreciate it, Hilda. You know I do. It still feels weird sometimes, though. Like I don't know what to do with it, even if it's right here staring me in the face.
...Literally.
I'm not ignoring it. And I appreciate it, Hilda. You know I do. It still feels weird sometimes, though. Like I don't know what to do with it, even if it's right here staring me in the face.
...Literally.
Yes, that seems most likely, though they don't seem to have a plan yet, either.
I can always beg.
I can always beg.
[ Hilda isn't terribly surprised that it's only now that she's discovering news of a runaway Summoned. Had it been a bigger incident it probably would have caused some waves amongst the territories and their respective governing bodies. And since it hadn't - considering the parties involved - that was probably for the best.
Even if she experiences no joy in discovering that John probably hadn't had an easy escape.
How Ciri phrases her father's reaction is telling in its own way. Quickly she casts a sidelong glance at her, a smile creeping at the corners of her own mouth. ]
I'm glad someone that he cares about is safe. It's hard to be separated from people that you care about. Especially here.
Even if she experiences no joy in discovering that John probably hadn't had an easy escape.
How Ciri phrases her father's reaction is telling in its own way. Quickly she casts a sidelong glance at her, a smile creeping at the corners of her own mouth. ]
I'm glad someone that he cares about is safe. It's hard to be separated from people that you care about. Especially here.
𝘉𝘦𝘨? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘮? 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘺.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘺.
[ The first response is met with a muffled, but no less shrill sound of annoyance as she finally makes her way to civilization and resolves not to speak to him until he gives her a serious, less infuriating answer.
And somehow that's also more than enough time for her to shed her muddy clothing and slip into a warm tub. ]
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯?
And somehow that's also more than enough time for her to shed her muddy clothing and slip into a warm tub. ]
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘖𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯?
Fine. I'll lean on my political clout, and the goodwill I've accumulated since arriving here.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦?
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵.
𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.
𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘺𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵.
𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.
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I'm sure he won't be the only one who wants to stay. I'll use that to our advantage.
Kyle is very well behaved.
Kyle is very well behaved.
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Close enough.
[ For it to hurt. To still matter. They'd been through some difficult times together, and Nero had become a part of their little family in a lot of ways despite the distance. ]
Can I come see it too?
[ For it to hurt. To still matter. They'd been through some difficult times together, and Nero had become a part of their little family in a lot of ways despite the distance. ]
Can I come see it too?
𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘪. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.
[ It's hard to know these things though - who knows who, who is close to one another. Though she assumes the Summoned are all linked in some way shape or form it's impossible to take that on. ]
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
[ It's hard to know these things though - who knows who, who is close to one another. Though she assumes the Summoned are all linked in some way shape or form it's impossible to take that on. ]
𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.
𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥.
...𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
...𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.
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