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(Stops Cahir from entering Cintra) You must declare yourself before entering Xin'trea.
Stand aside.
(Shoves back Cahir) Fall back in line!
I said stand aside.
Perhaps you didn't hear. There's no entry until you report. So who are you?
I am Commander Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach. Who the fuck are you?
Good sir, you would not know talent if I shoved it up your... Geralt.
(uncomfortable silence)
...Fuck it.
(they hug)
I've missed you, too.
[Meeting Yarpen after he threw an axe at Geralt's and Jaskier's location]
Yarpen Zigrin. Your aim's gone to shit.
Well if it isn't the white fucking wolf and the big fucking mouth! (Both shake hands and turns to comrades) Put your weapons down! Numpty arseholes. This is an old friend.
Friends, plural. Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de-
Yeah! I know! (Takes axe back from Jaskier)
I thought ignoring Ciri's existence would make everything better. I was wrong.
And what about Yennefer?
If she's hurt Ciri, I may just have to kill her.
Oh no well, obviously we'll kill her. We'll definitely going to kill her, I just haven't found a good enough jabbing stick yet. But what if she's changed too? Look, people do stupid things when they think they're trapped in a corner, Geralt. And they say stupid things. That's what friends do. They come back.
This is different. And I'm sorry, Jaskier.
Oh you are so emotional! I mean, it's just yap, yap, yap with you sometimes. (mocking Geralt) "Oh, Jaskier, I'm so sad and complicated!"
Shut up, Jaskier.
You shut up. That's a perfect impression of you, by the way.
(to himself) "Right the wrongs"?! Well Yennefer, I don't see how things could get any wronger!
Child of the Elder Blood, starry-eyed Daughter of Chaos. Join our hunt, your place is among us. You are ours.
You're whole again.
I felt it come back when I... I...
When you sacrificed yourself for Ciri.
A sacrifice I'd make again, in a heartbeat.
I don't forgive you Yennifer.
I know I've hurt you. Yet I can't help but wish it could begin again.
Use your knowledge of magic to train the girl. You're the only person who's helped her control her powers.
As if I'd trust anyone else with her.
(Pauses) Villentretenmerth told us we were made for each other, destined for each other. And that nothing would come of it, because destiny alone isn't sufficient. Something more is needed. She is something more.
Everytime I think I move forward, there's this force bringing me back into darkness. I'm just tired, Geralt.
I'm tired too, Ciri. But what of it? Life goes on. Us three, we'll help each other. What is destined cannot be avoided.
And it shouldn't be.
The elves are already fighting in the North. They may not wear our colors, but they are doing our bidding. And they are pursuing the girl, of course.
In my experience, elves only care about elves. How did you convince them to fight?
By killing their hope.
We lay the blame on Redania. But it was us who killed the elven baby. We would do anything for the White Flame.
Losing a child is brutal. But you are right. It can move mountains.
Desperate times.
Desperate measures.
(Raising hand) Desperate indeed. I would know.
Sir?
That's how I felt when I realized that I could no longer count on you, to fulfill my mission. I'm the one who ordered the death of that Elven baby, I had to. It was the best path to helping me find my daughter.
Let me know if you plan to start holding weapons back next, leaving unarmed Squirrels to fight for our freedom.
I told you, I've given you all the fighters I can spare.
We both know that's bullshit. Your best fighters are running secret missions for who the fuck knows where, while the rest of us are out there following orders, attacking convoys, doing the work to get our land back
Doing the bidding of yet another self-important human.
You think I give a shit about that White Flame nonsense? I give a shit about food in my stomach and a place to call home. I have plans and they don't involve dying in the woods because of your selfishness.
Plans with Nilfgaard?
What don't you get? If Nilfgaard takes the North, elves are free everywhere. The whole Continent is our Dol Blathanna
We tried sharing the Continent for centuries. If there's to be another genocide, this time, it'll be the humans'.
(Shakes head) You keep spouting off about ancient times, prophecies. I don't know what you're looking for out there, but you want to keep elves alive? Here we are.
(Enters room finely dressed) What do you think?
(Sighing) I think you need to hide your hair and mask your eyes.
(Hurt) Would it kill you to say, "You look lovely"? (Storms away)
Ciri. I knew this was a bad idea.
[Yennefer enters the room, also finely dressed]
(Speechless and pauses) You look lovely.
Oi, You lute-playin' walloper!
(exasperated) Again, with this fresh hell, Mr. Zigrin! (Points at himself) Julian Alfred Pankratz.
Yeah I know, I know, I fucking know!
I know you know. It's a rules of three thing, has to be done. What can I do for you, Yarpen?
I've got ears and good taste, so nothing. But your friends need help.
(sighing) Of course they do.
[Yennefer is dragging Ciri away after starting a scene with King Demavend's messenger, Aplegatt]
Remember I said we need to keep a low profile? That was not that.
I cannot control my visions.
You can control who you blab to.
Stop hauling me like I'm a mewling brat! I saw his death and I need to go back there.
What if his death prevented a greater harm? What would the consequences be then, my ugly one?
I don't know.
I don't know either. But changing destiny is a weighty business.
Geralt, my friend. A time of contempt is approaching. Deep and utter contempt. My proposition is a simple solution, someone has to die so someone else can live.
I will not pay for what I love by having contempt for myself.
Might as well talk about it. I know you're angry.
I'm not angry. I'm disappointed. I did say we needed to avoid unwanted attention.
I know.
This one's on me. In all those lessons, I should've have taught you that sometimes, discretion is more important than valor.
You sound like Geralt.
Well, he isn't always wrong.
One day, I may be queen and I'll need to use what I've got. And what I've got is a sense of justice, a dagger and quick reflexes. You and Geralt taught me those things.
Then our teachings were incomplete, because what we should have taught you is about consequences.
Consequences are just an excuse not to act, even when someone's going to be killed. You didn't see that child's eyes, I had to do what I did-
No, you chose to interfere. That messenger in Ellander, his fate is a mystery, but I know what will happen here. Dominik Houvenaghel will send his cousin Leo Bonhart here to recuperate his losses with money or with blood. The townspeople who do survive will be conscripted to fight against the war that's looming on the horizon, where they'll die on the battlefield. If disease or starvation doesn't claim them first. You saved one and the consequences has likely damned a hundred others in exchange.
What is the point in me seeing the future if I can't do anything to change it? Well why would you understand? You see what you want, you make it happen. You snap your fingers, mountains move, men bend to your will. How would you know what it's like to fight for control of your life?
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