(she won't love him, even if mammon is kind to her, and maybe he will be, she can't imagine loving him the way she does the husband she has now. her family.)
So it'll be good to have a reminder. Hand me my perfume?
(so she can at least still smell like herself while she's gone. lilac and gooseberries.)
[He'll miss the scent, and it occurs to Geralt to ask her to leave it, or to pour some on a handkerchief or a pillow, something he would be able to keep.
The fact it's not the same without her skin and her hair and her sweat glowing through the fragrance stops the request before he can make it, though, and he hands her the bottle.]
(she knows how much her scent means to him, and she almost feels cruel for taking it away, but she needs something that isn't a gift from mammon, something to remind her of who she is.)
Everything? I suppose that's selfish. I want to remember that I was happy. That I was important, and not just a prize to be won.
I want to keep my husband and my family. I want to have a choice.
(and while this version of yennefer is willing to play along for the sake of said family, when the spell breaks that'll change. the desire to have a choice only that much stronger.)
Maybe there's a spell I could put on my wedding ring to hide it on a necklace or something, so I can remember when I did have one, and what I did choose. Who I chose.
(she would not be so selfish to endanger the people she cares about for her own freedom. at least not this yennefer. when she gets her memories back....)
[He's not sure where the proper place for the bride's former husband is, aside from outside the building, probably brooding in the snow for dramatic effect, but the back row will have to do.]
(yes, it will do much more than sting. yen will be only more bitter that once again it feels like things were just a lie, only this time they truly were.)
It shouldn't. Like you said, we'll find a way. I believe in us.
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(her expression softens as she takes the picture from him, something both affectionate and sad playing across her features.)
A perfect start. So you will always be with me. (and when she says you she doesn't just mean him, but their daughters too.)
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[Which leaves the things that are really special.]
All the luxuries.
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But not the things that are most important.
(she won't love him, even if mammon is kind to her, and maybe he will be, she can't imagine loving him the way she does the husband she has now. her family.)
So it'll be good to have a reminder. Hand me my perfume?
(so she can at least still smell like herself while she's gone. lilac and gooseberries.)
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The fact it's not the same without her skin and her hair and her sweat glowing through the fragrance stops the request before he can make it, though, and he hands her the bottle.]
What else do you want to remember?
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(she knows how much her scent means to him, and she almost feels cruel for taking it away, but she needs something that isn't a gift from mammon, something to remind her of who she is.)
Everything? I suppose that's selfish. I want to remember that I was happy. That I was important, and not just a prize to be won.
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[No trace of irony makes it through the Hellburbia spell. Later, Geralt will remember those words.]
You've always been important.
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I want to keep my husband and my family. I want to have a choice.
(and while this version of yennefer is willing to play along for the sake of said family, when the spell breaks that'll change. the desire to have a choice only that much stronger.)
Maybe there's a spell I could put on my wedding ring to hide it on a necklace or something, so I can remember when I did have one, and what I did choose. Who I chose.
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[As much as he might wish otherwise.
Who are they to stand up to a lord of hell?]
Keeping us. Not the spell. I've never doubted your magic.
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No, it would seem not.
(she would not be so selfish to endanger the people she cares about for her own freedom. at least not this yennefer. when she gets her memories back....)
No, you've never doubted anything about me.
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[He teases gently with that. Normally, he'd be more playful. Now it's more subdued.]
Do you want me at the wedding?
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(she should say no, spare him the pain, but she knows him, and even if she said no, he would probably come anyways.)
Yes. I know that won't be easy on you...but it'll help, seeing your face in the crowd.
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[He's not sure where the proper place for the bride's former husband is, aside from outside the building, probably brooding in the snow for dramatic effect, but the back row will have to do.]
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That's probably smart.
(she's not sure she supposed to be inviting her former husband, so keeping him towards the back is a good idea.)
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[Geralt isn't convinced Mammon will actually care, as long as he doesn't interfere with the event.
Maybe the he'd even enjoy being able to rub their noses in it. Show off his wealth.]
Rarely smart, though.
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Well no, rarely in comparison to me.
(her teasing is softer than usual, more bittersweet.)
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He reels her in and kisses her hair again.]
And that's why I know you're going to come back to me eventually.
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(she lets herself be swept up in him, wrapping her arms around him again. )
You trust I'll come back to you? That I'll find a way? Because I won't stop until I do.
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Maybe we'll get lucky and it won't last long.
(when she gets her memories back she'll think about this, and how luck has never been on their side.)
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[Since they found each other and had their daughters.
They'll both look back on this conversation later and laugh in a bitter way.]
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We have been. A happy marriage. Two beautiful daughters.
(the happiest moments they've had were all a lie. won't that sting?)
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At least then he thought he had it.]
We've done well for ourselves so far. Why should that change now?
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(yes, it will do much more than sting. yen will be only more bitter that once again it feels like things were just a lie, only this time they truly were.)
It shouldn't. Like you said, we'll find a way. I believe in us.
wrap?
There's nothing he can say to stop this though.
Anything he said would only make the moment end sooner.]