Doubt it. Geralt got pulled in, and he deserves a break more than I do.
[ even from the beginning, geralt’s gotten something of the short end of the stick. from the dungeons, to the queen’s spies, to keeping ciri protected, safe, out of watching eyes. geralt, who had woken up mid-nightmare, nearly torn in two.
sam realizes he’s gotten lost in though, and shifts a little to more fully settle on wanda, using the touch, their proximity, to show her his attention is back on her.
when she asks about the trip, sam let’s out a sigh that has nothing to do with her and everything to do with the fact he is more than a little aware he’s handled this whole thing very poorly. he doesn’t regret going, and he knows he’ll be back out there when he can, but-
he did this in the wrong way, keeping it secret. playing it down. and now he’s suffering for it. ]
It’s not a secret, and I should have told you. I’m sorry about that. [ because that’s the truth. ] A few weeks ago, during that big meeting we had, Geralt had pulled me aside. He found something while he was out hunting - a human, or something close, bone with metal plating. It was at the mouth of a cave out in the badlands, and he did a little digging. The cave itself was sealed tight, possibly abandoned, but it was off. He had his own reasons, but I… [ sam trails off, thinking for a moment, trying to remember what exactly he had thought first, before the now explanation set it.
well, whatever it is, his tone has that dual layer to it. heavy, because he knows something is wrong, but wary, careful, because he doesn’t know what. wanda would probably recognize it from the times they’d been hunting down hydra, even while on the run. that sense of duty steve got, because it was worth it, always, no matter the dangers. ]
I had a bad feeling about it, so I wanted to go make sure nothing else was going on. I didn’t find much, but something unsanctioned was happening. It might still be. We weren’t able to make it all the way in. [ a beat, and then he exhales again. ] I don’t know, Wanda. I went because I needed to make sure there weren’t people out there getting hurt, but as soon as I left…this shit happens.
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Doubt it. Geralt got pulled in, and he deserves a break more than I do.
[ even from the beginning, geralt’s gotten something of the short end of the stick. from the dungeons, to the queen’s spies, to keeping ciri protected, safe, out of watching eyes. geralt, who had woken up mid-nightmare, nearly torn in two.
sam realizes he’s gotten lost in though, and shifts a little to more fully settle on wanda, using the touch, their proximity, to show her his attention is back on her.
when she asks about the trip, sam let’s out a sigh that has nothing to do with her and everything to do with the fact he is more than a little aware he’s handled this whole thing very poorly. he doesn’t regret going, and he knows he’ll be back out there when he can, but-
he did this in the wrong way, keeping it secret. playing it down. and now he’s suffering for it. ]
It’s not a secret, and I should have told you. I’m sorry about that. [ because that’s the truth. ] A few weeks ago, during that big meeting we had, Geralt had pulled me aside. He found something while he was out hunting - a human, or something close, bone with metal plating. It was at the mouth of a cave out in the badlands, and he did a little digging. The cave itself was sealed tight, possibly abandoned, but it was off. He had his own reasons, but I… [ sam trails off, thinking for a moment, trying to remember what exactly he had thought first, before the now explanation set it.
well, whatever it is, his tone has that dual layer to it. heavy, because he knows something is wrong, but wary, careful, because he doesn’t know what. wanda would probably recognize it from the times they’d been hunting down hydra, even while on the run. that sense of duty steve got, because it was worth it, always, no matter the dangers. ]
I had a bad feeling about it, so I wanted to go make sure nothing else was going on. I didn’t find much, but something unsanctioned was happening. It might still be. We weren’t able to make it all the way in. [ a beat, and then he exhales again. ] I don’t know, Wanda. I went because I needed to make sure there weren’t people out there getting hurt, but as soon as I left…this shit happens.