[ The tinge of nostalgia and sadness doesn't go unnoticed. And though Hilda perhaps can relate in a small way, it is ultimately a future that she has decided she doesn't want for many other various reasons. To be a God, to live forever even if it is alongside those that she holds dear, isn't something that she's certain she wants if it means being burdened with other things.
She nods however in understanding. Processing is a good word though it denotes feeling more deeply about what had happened to them more than Hilda would like to admit that she does.
The name and the location that John had come from suddenly clicks. John, is, after all, a rather common name. ]
Oh, John! He's a friend of Claire's. I didn't realize that he knew Geralt. I can't believe that he made it out of Thorne without anything happening.
[ Lots to think about still, months later -- or not think about, as it were, quietly compartmentalizing in their own way. She'd be lying if she said there weren't some things she missed. The freedom, most of all. The power. And she had helped people. Perhaps someday she still could.
There are other parts of their false time in that false world that linger in her mind, memories with people who are very real. Memories that are real in their own way, too.
There are things they still do need to talk about.
But for now, she only nods. ]
Yes, that's the one. I don't know Claire very well, though I remember they come from the same sphere.
It wasn't an easy journey for him, but he's here now. Geralt seems relieved.
[ It's not too surprising Hilda didn't know, considering Geralt's lack of communication most of the time. ]
[ 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.
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She nods however in understanding. Processing is a good word though it denotes feeling more deeply about what had happened to them more than Hilda would like to admit that she does.
The name and the location that John had come from suddenly clicks. John, is, after all, a rather common name. ]
Oh, John! He's a friend of Claire's. I didn't realize that he knew Geralt. I can't believe that he made it out of Thorne without anything happening.
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There are other parts of their false time in that false world that linger in her mind, memories with people who are very real. Memories that are real in their own way, too.
There are things they still do need to talk about.
But for now, she only nods. ]
Yes, that's the one. I don't know Claire very well, though I remember they come from the same sphere.
It wasn't an easy journey for him, but he's here now. Geralt seems relieved.
[ It's not too surprising Hilda didn't know, considering Geralt's lack of communication most of the time. ]
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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.