He'd prefer to be prepared for everything, thank you.
(Obviously, they can't.)
"Idiot," he says aloud, because he believes it, because it's true, because it doesn't matter. He could care enough about Istredd one day and feel strong enough to sever himself from all of this and free Istredd from this inevitable downfall against his will and still know the results because he knows Istredd's history with Yennefer. Knows there's no saving him, knows it's far too late to save him.
Idiot, is repeated and that's more exhausted fondness than insult as he gives in to the touch at his cheek. He lets that exhaustion carry him through this, similarly to how he was swimming between Istredd and the myriapod's mind. He thinks that creature is still there, sometimes, even though he knows better. He felt the link fade. He knows.
He sinks and trusts Istredd to work, but there are the faintest attacks working against the separation. Bee stings, serpent bites. Small, ultimately nothing, but the most minor lingering defenses that Lucifer can't control. Not feeling threatened but just... as there are. Natural.
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Date: 2023-12-07 10:17 am (UTC)(Obviously, they can't.)
"Idiot," he says aloud, because he believes it, because it's true, because it doesn't matter. He could care enough about Istredd one day and feel strong enough to sever himself from all of this and free Istredd from this inevitable downfall against his will and still know the results because he knows Istredd's history with Yennefer. Knows there's no saving him, knows it's far too late to save him.
Idiot, is repeated and that's more exhausted fondness than insult as he gives in to the touch at his cheek. He lets that exhaustion carry him through this, similarly to how he was swimming between Istredd and the myriapod's mind. He thinks that creature is still there, sometimes, even though he knows better. He felt the link fade. He knows.
He sinks and trusts Istredd to work, but there are the faintest attacks working against the separation. Bee stings, serpent bites. Small, ultimately nothing, but the most minor lingering defenses that Lucifer can't control. Not feeling threatened but just... as there are. Natural.
He doesn't bother apologizing.