It wouldn't have mattered. [ She says plainly, but not unkindly. ]
If he's gone, he's gone. You could have done nothing about it.
[ Just as none of them had been able to predict or prevent Rinwell's disappearance. Her room in the loft upstairs stands empty, no matter how much effort and care had been put into it by several pairs of hands. Hector is gone, too. People just... do that. They vanish. They leave.
Ciri reaches for the ale, considering something stronger. The urge comes suddenly to rescind her offer of help, to shut down this relationship too before it grows too painful. She swallows. ]
Don't bother with regrets. We'll look and ask around. There's nothing more to do.
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If he's gone, he's gone. You could have done nothing about it.
[ Just as none of them had been able to predict or prevent Rinwell's disappearance. Her room in the loft upstairs stands empty, no matter how much effort and care had been put into it by several pairs of hands. Hector is gone, too. People just... do that. They vanish. They leave.
Ciri reaches for the ale, considering something stronger. The urge comes suddenly to rescind her offer of help, to shut down this relationship too before it grows too painful. She swallows. ]
Don't bother with regrets. We'll look and ask around. There's nothing more to do.