[Yennefer is general is a concept he isn't sure he fully understands - he can only make guesses, in the end. He can guess that she is pursuing power for her own ends, and he can guess that she is still somehow collaborating, or at least speaking with, Geralt despite their... everything. Yet, if there's one thing he's learned, is that the two of them will resist interference until the very end. He can't simply just back down on account of their mess.
Jaskier, though, is someone he does care about the feelings of. He cares that this inconveniences him. The largest obstacle is that he feels like the only thing he can do that will make him and his associates happy is to give up on supporting any of the factions directly, and to write them off as equally lost causes.]
We aren't the only ones who matter.
[While he's honestly been quite furious about how hard the factions seem to lean in the opposite direction, he can't possibly accept the summoned all just doing whatever it takes to survive, everyone else be damned.]
Even dismissing the concept of altruism, I have... comrades. People as important to me as Geralt is to you. For better or for worse, they weren't brought here with me. This means that whatever happens here, whatever effect it might have on my realm... the responsibility to pursue their best interests lies with me.
The Abraxians claim that this world's calamity may become our own if handled wrongly - do I have any way of knowing this to be true? Nay. Yet, it fits with what I've experienced... and until I can confirm the safety of my people, I cannot simply allow these madmen to tip the scales at their whims, no matter their reasons.
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Jaskier, though, is someone he does care about the feelings of. He cares that this inconveniences him. The largest obstacle is that he feels like the only thing he can do that will make him and his associates happy is to give up on supporting any of the factions directly, and to write them off as equally lost causes.]
We aren't the only ones who matter.
[While he's honestly been quite furious about how hard the factions seem to lean in the opposite direction, he can't possibly accept the summoned all just doing whatever it takes to survive, everyone else be damned.]
Even dismissing the concept of altruism, I have... comrades. People as important to me as Geralt is to you. For better or for worse, they weren't brought here with me. This means that whatever happens here, whatever effect it might have on my realm... the responsibility to pursue their best interests lies with me.
The Abraxians claim that this world's calamity may become our own if handled wrongly - do I have any way of knowing this to be true? Nay. Yet, it fits with what I've experienced... and until I can confirm the safety of my people, I cannot simply allow these madmen to tip the scales at their whims, no matter their reasons.