[ There's two of the escaped kidnapped dozing in piles of pillows right now, with Julie having imparted as much as of healing warmth inside herself as she could before leaving them to get a bit more rest. Their time here is limited, given the conditions, but both Geralt and Ciri are with them on the outside, watching over them. Sending them to her.
Steven is also present, along with most of her tiny pets and Geralt's wolf. Julie is helping Steven replenish the table of food and drinks, but she stops when Jaskier appears. She smiles, heads to sit in one of the further away cushion piles. Duke trots behind her, clambers into her lap, while the wolf parks itself next to Jaskier instead. ]
Thanks. Thought it should be nice for 'em.
[ They're all on a time crunch, so it's not surprising that Jaskier immediately wants details, but her brow furrows a little. The problem with what she can do, she has found, is translating things that aren't really translatable. The Singularity's thoughts and emotions, what it's like to navigate that space as a human. These strange planes she's not sure humans were ever meant to see.
She sighs. ] I don't know that discovered is exactly the right word, but. Okay, y'know that god that they worked out was used in the spells? Nikodaemus or whatever? Supposed to be the god of mirrors and illusions, I think is what they said. Well, I asked the Singularity to look for him 'stead of the folks that'd gone missin'. Just for a minute.
[ Steven helpfully comes by to supply two large glasses of wine. Julie takes a drink before she shakes her head a little, rewinds a second. ] Actually, first I asked it to find Josselyn Creed for me, but I don't think it really understood. I know that the native folks can draw on the magic, but I guess the Singularity can't really... feel 'em. Not like us, it feels us. I mean, usually it don't reach for anyone 'cept me, but it feels all of us. It knew they were missin' 'fore I even got here, back at the beginnin' of all this, around when Geralt disappeared. It asked me where they all went.
[ She suddenly seems to focus on Jaskier, like she's realizing that she's diving headfirst into the deep end before he's ever even dipped a toe in the shallows. ] I'm sorry. This is all a lot, I know. You can stop me whenever, and I can try to explain better. It's hard.
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Steven is also present, along with most of her tiny pets and Geralt's wolf. Julie is helping Steven replenish the table of food and drinks, but she stops when Jaskier appears. She smiles, heads to sit in one of the further away cushion piles. Duke trots behind her, clambers into her lap, while the wolf parks itself next to Jaskier instead. ]
Thanks. Thought it should be nice for 'em.
[ They're all on a time crunch, so it's not surprising that Jaskier immediately wants details, but her brow furrows a little. The problem with what she can do, she has found, is translating things that aren't really translatable. The Singularity's thoughts and emotions, what it's like to navigate that space as a human. These strange planes she's not sure humans were ever meant to see.
She sighs. ] I don't know that discovered is exactly the right word, but. Okay, y'know that god that they worked out was used in the spells? Nikodaemus or whatever? Supposed to be the god of mirrors and illusions, I think is what they said. Well, I asked the Singularity to look for him 'stead of the folks that'd gone missin'. Just for a minute.
[ Steven helpfully comes by to supply two large glasses of wine. Julie takes a drink before she shakes her head a little, rewinds a second. ] Actually, first I asked it to find Josselyn Creed for me, but I don't think it really understood. I know that the native folks can draw on the magic, but I guess the Singularity can't really... feel 'em. Not like us, it feels us. I mean, usually it don't reach for anyone 'cept me, but it feels all of us. It knew they were missin' 'fore I even got here, back at the beginnin' of all this, around when Geralt disappeared. It asked me where they all went.
[ She suddenly seems to focus on Jaskier, like she's realizing that she's diving headfirst into the deep end before he's ever even dipped a toe in the shallows. ] I'm sorry. This is all a lot, I know. You can stop me whenever, and I can try to explain better. It's hard.