[They're familiar enough by now that she must know he would rather die than cause harm to another person. But he understands, too, that not everyone is thrilled by his designs to reverse the Summoning ritual. If Ciri is to be protected from threats both within...and without, it follows that any opening of the gates, so to speak, might expose Ciri to those threats once again.]
But it doesn't matter what I think.
[Just like her prophecy, the truth of it matters less than how others act on the information. Ciri has power, the extent of which Viktor is not certain, and at this point he's not sure he's supposed to know.]
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[They're familiar enough by now that she must know he would rather die than cause harm to another person. But he understands, too, that not everyone is thrilled by his designs to reverse the Summoning ritual. If Ciri is to be protected from threats both within...and without, it follows that any opening of the gates, so to speak, might expose Ciri to those threats once again.]
But it doesn't matter what I think.
[Just like her prophecy, the truth of it matters less than how others act on the information. Ciri has power, the extent of which Viktor is not certain, and at this point he's not sure he's supposed to know.]