[ thancred does meet her eyes, and it's the confirmation she needs that there isn't anything more to be read. to understand. she feels a spark of anger rise in the back of her throat, something she's very familiar with. fear.
this was coming - they all knew as much. no one who has any concept of how royals work, how long kingdoms do and don't last, thought this would last forever. but having it so soon after their time at the singularity...
years. years spent within these walls. and now what?
thancred continues with what he knows - the enchanted note, the timeline, the implications. he mentions a mule and it takes quite a bit of effort to keep yennefer from snorting, just because it all sounds so ridiculous. ]
And what if it's a trap?
[ because there's no question for yennefer - she had taken her place with the queen knowing it would be precarious. knowing that it would provide her with as much as it would risk her. she made that choice knowing what could happen, knowing that at some point this exact situation would arise, and yet...
thancred brought them all together because they all are at risk, but yennefer knows to what extent her own neck is on the line. ]
And when did we decide Jolene Sybell was someone we could trust?
[ yennefer shakes her head. no- none of this sounds worth it. ]
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this was coming - they all knew as much. no one who has any concept of how royals work, how long kingdoms do and don't last, thought this would last forever. but having it so soon after their time at the singularity...
years. years spent within these walls. and now what?
thancred continues with what he knows - the enchanted note, the timeline, the implications. he mentions a mule and it takes quite a bit of effort to keep yennefer from snorting, just because it all sounds so ridiculous. ]
And what if it's a trap?
[ because there's no question for yennefer - she had taken her place with the queen knowing it would be precarious. knowing that it would provide her with as much as it would risk her. she made that choice knowing what could happen, knowing that at some point this exact situation would arise, and yet...
thancred brought them all together because they all are at risk, but yennefer knows to what extent her own neck is on the line. ]
And when did we decide Jolene Sybell was someone we could trust?
[ yennefer shakes her head. no- none of this sounds worth it. ]