[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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𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 where??
𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒-
𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜-
𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒?
[ She stops, taking a breath before finally thinking in complete sentences. ]
𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒? 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛?
[ 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.]
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.]
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𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛.
[ 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. ]
𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦, 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛.
[ She says the endearment fondly, not possessively, quietly wishing the best for them. ]
𝐼'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 '𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒' 𝑎𝑛𝑑 '𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑙' 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑦. 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.
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𝓘 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓪𝓶. 𝓗𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂. 𝓞𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓽 𝓵𝓪𝓼𝓽, 𝓘 𝓶𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮. 𝓘𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓼𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓭𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓶𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽. 𝓘 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓫𝓾𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸. 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓖𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓽. 𝓢𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓷, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓱𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓽𝓸𝔀𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓽𝔂.
[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.]
𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓼 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓭𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼. 𝓘𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓸𝓸𝓴 -- 𝓪 𝔂𝓮𝓪𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓯? 𝓞𝓻 𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽-𝓱𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓭-𝓪𝓷𝓭-𝓸𝓷𝓮? 𝓓𝓮𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽.
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[ Claire smiles to read his words, glad that his finding this happiness for himself, finally. ]
𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑔𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑔𝑜.
[ 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. ]
𝐺𝑜, 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐺𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠.