[John chews on a lip, uncertain exactly where to start first. It had not been an easy decision, not because he does not want to be here (of course he does), but because he knows what he is leaving behind. He knows the potential danger he is putting himself and all those others that have helped him get this far in, in aiding his passage.

Thus far, he has not run into any trouble. But that does not mean that there will not be any. He is effectively a deserter, and that concept does not particularly sit well with him either.]

𝓖𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓽, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓭𝓭, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓨𝓮𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓶𝓮 𝓮𝓼𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓮. 𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓘 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓝𝓸𝓽𝓽, 𝓨𝓮𝓷𝓷𝓮𝓯𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓮 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓶𝓮 𝓪 𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓸𝓾𝓽. 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓮.

[It was not cheap. That's where Geralt and Istredd come in.]

𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓒𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓲𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓫𝓳𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝔂 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓲𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓶𝓮. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓶𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷, 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼.

[Besides. He is with Geralt. Which means he is as safe as he can be, as far as he's concerned.]