Wouldn't mind at all. [ He'd shown up technically uninvited, but Claude is hardly unwelcome. Ciri responds with a faint smile and a nod, turning back into the kitchen to put the water on.

Coram, meanwhile, ventures slowly from the plant and slinks along the floor, wings flat against his back, until he makes it under the table, after which he proceeds to sniff Claude's boot. ]

We have that in common, I'm afraid.

Don't get me wrong -- there are dangers here, of course. I know this as well as any of the Summoned. We are in many ways held prisoner here. The governments will seek to use us, as they did when they herded us all in the crater not so many months ago.

I understand why many want to find a way back to their lives and away from such threats.

[ And yet, the implication Ciri leaves hanging unsaid in the silence between them is that this remains preferable to whatever waits for her elsewhere. She'll take on the risks here not only by necessity, but by choice. She's made her decision.

It would only be more impactful if it was a real decision to make. It's why she fought so hard even though she didn't want to leave, in that dream-life they all shared, to give the rest of them a chance to choose. ]