Saw one, too. A native. Guess she thought it was gonna take her to god or something. Wasn't even anything left to bury.
I couldn't get through it. And I really don't recommend trying. It was like trying to shove two positive magnets together. Also totally blew up another guy's arm. Prosthetic, I mean, but -- look, it's a long story.
Look, grandpa, two wrongs don't make a right. You still suck at details. You suck at telling the main subject. And I don't know why it does, all right? It just does.
The lesson you can take away from this is nobody should be touchin' the rifts. Or trying to catch anything that comes flying off of them.
[ He knows better than to get caught up in the dozens of questions that will only unleash a dozen more. He's obtained the information pertaining to the rifts. That'll do. ]
Seriously? Not even a "how's the hunting going"? Not a "hey Nero, I heard there was a giant killer hippo over there, hope that's going well for ya"? Come on, Geralt.
[ This is always how Geralt has been, the moment they met—so that it draws a remark that feels like more than the usual shit from Nero makes him pause.
It's the only reason Nero receives a reply rather than silence. ]
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Tried going through one. It hurt like hell -- bounced me off like a quarter. I --
Wait. Why are you asking?
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Thought it'd be worth seeing
if we were different.
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Saw one, too. A native. Guess she thought it was gonna take her to god or something. Wasn't even anything left to bury.
I couldn't get through it. And I really don't recommend trying. It was like trying to shove two positive magnets together. Also totally blew up another guy's arm. Prosthetic, I mean, but -- look, it's a long story.
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I should like to hear it.
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What's Geralt gonna do? Laugh at him?]
I threw my arm in it.
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You lost your arm again?
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[It's dawning on him this might not have come up in conversation before. Or, like, ever.]
It, uh... it comes off.
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And folk accuse me of being
reticent with details.
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The lesson you can take away from this is nobody should be touchin' the rifts. Or trying to catch anything that comes flying off of them.
You're welcome.
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Mm-hm.
I'll leave you to it.
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after they're dead.
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[ GOODBYE, NERO. ]
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Man. Dick move.
[OK, he's not technically wrong.]
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It's the only reason Nero receives a reply rather than silence. ]
Is there something I should know?
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Nah. Nevermind. If anything comes up, I'll let you know.
Got plenty of things to kill to keep busy. Have fun out there, grandpa.