[ Ciri has kept herself abreast of the situation as well as she could without participating, but she does not interrupt Alucard's more thorough explanation even if she doesn't need some of it. The fact he is willing to give it, however, is noted. She merely crosses her arms over the counter where she leans, nodding on occasion to show she is paying attention.
The bit about Solvunn is new information, to her. Ciri's lips press together into a thinner line, while she waits for Alucard to finish. She hadn't been entirely sure until he confirmed it that he'd actually gone to the monolith itself, personally. The idea that Thorne has shards of some sort (that is how Ciri is imagining it) from the Singularity containing unknown magic and people are now simply carrying them around near such a powerful structure and fighting over it... doesn't sit well with her, for a number of reasons. She wonders why Alucard had gone, when he seems so disinterested in the goings-on of this world, but as promised, she doesn't ask. When it comes to the dhampir, Ciri is frankly sure enough already that he hadn't done it to seek power or out of loyalty to the prime minister here or any such thing. He is not a danger to watch out for, but he could be a source of information. ]
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The bit about Solvunn is new information, to her. Ciri's lips press together into a thinner line, while she waits for Alucard to finish. She hadn't been entirely sure until he confirmed it that he'd actually gone to the monolith itself, personally. The idea that Thorne has shards of some sort (that is how Ciri is imagining it) from the Singularity containing unknown magic and people are now simply carrying them around near such a powerful structure and fighting over it... doesn't sit well with her, for a number of reasons. She wonders why Alucard had gone, when he seems so disinterested in the goings-on of this world, but as promised, she doesn't ask. When it comes to the dhampir, Ciri is frankly sure enough already that he hadn't done it to seek power or out of loyalty to the prime minister here or any such thing. He is not a danger to watch out for, but he could be a source of information. ]
How many pieces of this thing were there?