[He does realize, at least, that this is his most straightforward acknowledgment of what seems to be Jayce's legitimate feelings, in this department. Viktor knows they're going to have to acknowledge this, one way or another, but right now, injured and exhausted and shaken and still angry about their fight, he can't bring himself to discuss it.]
Technically we didn't make it to the Singularity. Just the crater.
[ They both know he did and it feels like Viktor kicked him right in the heart, but he can lie better on here than he can in person, so he may as well take advantage. ]
Ciri teleported you there? I didn't know she could do that. Did it hurt?
[ Viktor never admits to that. It actually does calm him a little, instead of spinning him out more. It means he isn't likely to take more risks. ]
It does make me feel better, although I'm really sorry you went through something like this and had to feel that way. But you and Ciri are alive, that's what matters.
Have you left Aquila yet? If not, stop by a medicine store, with such a long trip those bruises are going to get worse. You'll need numbing salves and temporary pain killers. Trust the not-quite-a-doctor.
I suppose I should start at the beginning. The reason the horse threw me was because it was startled by one of the desert creatures, which subsequently attacked us. That's when Ciri tried to teleport us away, but we were pulled to the crater, instead.
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Please stay in Cadens. There's no reason to endanger yourself unnecessarily.
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This isn't what I had in mind when I said we should visit the Singularity.
[ See, a tiny bit of wry humor. ]
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[He does realize, at least, that this is his most straightforward acknowledgment of what seems to be Jayce's legitimate feelings, in this department. Viktor knows they're going to have to acknowledge this, one way or another, but right now, injured and exhausted and shaken and still angry about their fight, he can't bring himself to discuss it.]
Technically we didn't make it to the Singularity. Just the crater.
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I didn't mean anything by it.
[ They both know he did and it feels like Viktor kicked him right in the heart, but he can lie better on here than he can in person, so he may as well take advantage. ]
Ciri teleported you there? I didn't know she could do that. Did it hurt?
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I didn't know either. Being near it wasn't painful, but it has an undeniable pull. She felt it more than me, I think.
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Probably because she has magic, natural magic, if the teleportation comes from that. Maybe it sensed you were in trouble and was trying to help?
[ Hey who knows. Magic rocks can be sentient. ]
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[He's practically daring Jayce to tell him.]
I had an escort. We never meant to go far. What happened to us was unforeseeable.
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Given the opportunity to go, I decided I'd like to do so. I now know it was unwise.
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It does make me feel better, although I'm really sorry you went through something like this and had to feel that way. But you and Ciri are alive, that's what matters.
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Actually. The horse has my crutch. I have no idea if it made it back to Cadens.
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[ Because there's no way Jayce would've just accepted them stuck somewhere without doing anything to get them. ]
I can ask around to see if a horse came back. If not I can make you a new one. You went on a horse? How was that?
[ If he can distract them both from their freak out, probably for the better. ]
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It wasn't his fault. Jaskier might know if he came back--Ciri said her horse knows the way home, and it's likely mine would have followed.
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I'll message him and see if it got there.
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[Implying, of course, greater injury, but whatever.]
Thank you. I've left most of the communication at Ciri, for reasons that are perhaps obvious.
[She's also slightly distressed--he doesn't want to inadvertently make it worse by reaching out to her people in her stead.]
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Does she seem to know why the Singularity would react like that to her powers?
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[ This keeps getting worse. ]
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Go to bed