[ Well, alright. He won't ask what he usually gets, then, but he'll definitely keep an eye out for what the bartender ends up serving the witcher. ]
Took you long enough to ask, didn't it? [ Childermass comments, totally unhelpful, but he won't leave Lambert's question hanging for long. ] John Childermass.
[ Why not both. The bartender comes back over with their drinks soon enough, and Lambert slides his glass over to himself, the corners of his eyes crinkling as he glances over at the magician. ]
Didn't seem like I really needed it. And you already have mine. [ Hanging around spellcaster's is more Geralt's thing than Lambert's, but it's been a funny game to play with himself anyway, half-seriously keeping track of the time between running into Childermass and not. ]
If it falls in line with the last dream, I can only imagine those I met during it would remember it the same.
[ Maybe it's a big assumption to make but he's not usually one to dream about people he barely knows at random. Setting his own glass down, there is a moment where he gives the witcher a faintly amused look, like the answer to that should have been obvious.
[ If that's his goal, he'll only find indifference, as per usual. ]
I could have just as easily arrived here a monster myself, so, no, I've no interest in having them — or anyone else — jumping at my beck and call. At best I would find it embarrassing.
[ That just gets a sneer from the witcher, though it’s not directed at Childermass this time. The hand not occupied with aimlessly swirling the remaining alcohol in the glass rubs at one wrist, unconsciously. ]
I know there are witches who would. [ Lambert answers, with certainty, looking up with viper-bright eyes only beginning to bleed into gold at the edges. ]
I head it wasn’t that long ago when Aefenglom first starting getting people Bonded. Makes you wonder what they were doing before.
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Took you long enough to ask, didn't it? [ Childermass comments, totally unhelpful, but he won't leave Lambert's question hanging for long. ] John Childermass.
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What, were you waiting for me to? [ John Childermass. It's an odd name, which makes for easy remembering. ]
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Not really but after running into one another so often, I was beginning to wonder.
[ Not that he ever asked before himself but, well, Childermass may have been of a mind to ignore the witcher to some extent. ]
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Didn't seem like I really needed it. And you already have mine. [ Hanging around spellcaster's is more Geralt's thing than Lambert's, but it's been a funny game to play with himself anyway, half-seriously keeping track of the time between running into Childermass and not. ]
Should we have a toast to celebrate the occasion?
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[ Lambert, that's just sad. ]
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It's just a reason to drink. You don't like it, make up one of your own.
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[ He'll raise his glass to that, even knowing well that the city is likely real. They aren't in it, though, and that's what counts. ]
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Had that shitty dream too, huh?
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Didn't we all?
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[ Lambert sets his glass back down on the counter, claws restlessly tapping on the glass before he forces them to a stop. ]
You're a witch, right? [ It comes out less like a confirmation of a fact he already knows than a challenge. ]
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[ Maybe it's a big assumption to make but he's not usually one to dream about people he barely knows at random. Setting his own glass down, there is a moment where he gives the witcher a faintly amused look, like the answer to that should have been obvious.
No.
He must know. Why ask, then? ]
I am.
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Didn't like having monsters jumping at your beck and call, then?
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I could have just as easily arrived here a monster myself, so, no, I've no interest in having them — or anyone else — jumping at my beck and call. At best I would find it embarrassing.
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Good.
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Are you worried that there are witches in Aefenglom who would?
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I head it wasn’t that long ago when Aefenglom first starting getting people Bonded. Makes you wonder what they were doing before.
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Using familiars, I think. [ Similar concept, probably very different outcome. ] Though what they did with monsters before that, I do not know.