[He had known that a message like this would alarm her. Part of the reason he had waited until after the fact to send it. He can read her alert in her message and does his best to try and be as calming as he can be, given what he is about to share.]
[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.]
[ And that is why, in her heart as it has been shaped by this world, she doesn't see herself leaving Abraxas unless forced. Let the version of her living the life John experienced, have it. She misses Bree, but as far as she knew when she touched the stones, she was always going to spend a lifetime missing her daughter. Here, there is a freedom she can't deny. A freedom for everyone, and it means something to know John has found that freedom in his relationship with Geralt. ]
[John cannot help but feel his heart lightening at Claire's response. Not that he had feared that she would disapprove of his choices, but the fact that she does not, that she supports him in it, it means quite a lot. Claire may not have the same shared experiences as he has with her, but their friendship still means a very great deal to him even so.]
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๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ธ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ผ.
[A beat.]
๐๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ฝ.
[He knows he owes a further explanation so he goes on quickly:] ๐๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ, ๐ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐น๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐พ๐ฝ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐พ๐ช๐ป๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ต๐ญ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐พ๐ฝ๐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ, ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ. ๐ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฒ๐ท ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช ๐ป๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ฎ.
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๐๐๐ข'๐๐ where??
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐-
๐ด๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐-
๐ป๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ถโ๐๐๐ ๐ก'๐ ๐๐๐๐?
[ She stops, taking a breath before finally thinking in complete sentences. ]
๐ด๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐? ๐ท๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐?
[ If John can get to the Free Cities...perhaps...Claire shakes her head, not wanting to get her hopes up, to plant a seed that can't grow. ]
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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.]
๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ฝ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป. ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐น ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ฎ. ๐๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฝ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐พ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ธ ๐ฌ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช ๐น๐ธ๐ป๐ฝ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ. ๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ช ๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ฎ.
[It was not cheap. That's where Geralt and Istredd come in.]
๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ญ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ซ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐พ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ต๐ ๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐ ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ ๐ญ๐ธ๐พ๐ซ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ฌ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ธ๐๐ท, ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ป๐ธ๐พ๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ.
[Besides. He is with Geralt. Which means he is as safe as he can be, as far as he's concerned.]
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๐๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐. ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐๐'๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐. ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐โ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข โ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก โ๐๐๐๐๐.
[ And that is why, in her heart as it has been shaped by this world, she doesn't see herself leaving Abraxas unless forced. Let the version of her living the life John experienced, have it. She misses Bree, but as far as she knew when she touched the stones, she was always going to spend a lifetime missing her daughter. Here, there is a freedom she can't deny. A freedom for everyone, and it means something to know John has found that freedom in his relationship with Geralt. ]
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ โ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐. ๐ผ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ โ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ โ๐๐ข๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐โ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐.
[ She says the endearment fondly, not possessively, quietly wishing the best for them. ]
๐ผ'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐ก'๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ '๐๐๐๐' ๐๐๐ '๐๐๐๐ก๐๐' ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ. ๐ฟ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข'๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐.
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๐ ๐ผ๐พ๐น๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ. ๐๐ช๐น๐น๐. ๐๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ต๐ช๐ผ๐ฝ, ๐ ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช ๐ท๐ฎ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ ๐ผ๐พ๐น๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ฝ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช๐ญ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ถ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ช๐ท๐ ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ. ๐ ๐ถ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐พ๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ ๐ช๐ถ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐ช ๐ซ๐พ๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท, ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ช๐ผ ๐ญ๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐พ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฝ๐ธ. ๐จ๐ธ๐พ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ท๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ฝ. ๐ข๐ช๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ช๐ซ๐ธ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ช๐ท, ๐ซ๐พ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ท๐ธ๐ฝ ๐น๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐พ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฝ๐ธ๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ช๐ป๐ฒ๐ฝ๐.
[Which is not to say that John does not think he has a kind heart. He just does not go handing it out willy nilly.
At the teasing, John cannot help but smile and tease a little back.]
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ช ๐ถ๐ช๐ท ๐ผ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ท ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ท๐ญ ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ช๐ซ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ญ๐ณ๐พ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ช ๐๐ธ๐ป๐ต๐ญ ๐ผ๐พ๐ฌ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ. ๐๐ฝ ๐ธ๐ท๐ต๐ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด -- ๐ช ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ช ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ? ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ-๐ฑ๐พ๐ท๐ญ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ-๐ช๐ท๐ญ-๐ธ๐ท๐ฎ? ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐พ๐ท๐ฝ.
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[ Claire smiles to read his words, glad that his finding this happiness for himself, finally. ]
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐.
[ If only he could hear her laugh, teasing them both. At this point, she's decided the numbers don't mean a damned thing anymore. ]
๐บ๐, ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ. ๐บ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ .