[That's what he is saying. They aren't the only ones that matter, but these kingdoms, these forces, will use them like tools, because they could not care less about them. Their importance is only in the success of their summoning.
There is so easily crafted a wall between them. Perhaps it's always been there, of course, but he cannot imagine what Estinien would have learned in Solvunn that could shift one's alliances so thoroughly. He may not mean to be doing what they wish, but he is. Or, well. It's even more aligned with the Free Cities' agenda, really.]
I have plenty of companions I've left behind, but that's the -- that's it. We don't know, and as much as I hate to say it, the officials in Thorne have far more experience in this matter than we do. I'm not saying we should trust them, of course, but this... this business has gone on long before us. Before we were even born. Unfortunately, if you proceed with a hate crusade against anything Thorne attempts, you're doing exactly what the others want. Interference, disruption... the unbalancing of power.
[He sighs. Jaskier is already giving in to the idea that anything he says will not change anything. All he could do, perhaps, is encourage Yennefer to stay out of it... which, he feels, will have the opposite effect. He doesn't know what to argue. Better angled violence? Peace? Neutrality? All of them are choices, but despite their lack of them, Jaskier cannot see the benefit in attempting to silence any of the Summoned. They are all equal ground.] Forgive me if I can't see how killing one of my... comrades... would preserve your own on a different sphere. That matter, too, you have no way of knowing its truths.
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There is so easily crafted a wall between them. Perhaps it's always been there, of course, but he cannot imagine what Estinien would have learned in Solvunn that could shift one's alliances so thoroughly. He may not mean to be doing what they wish, but he is. Or, well. It's even more aligned with the Free Cities' agenda, really.]
I have plenty of companions I've left behind, but that's the -- that's it. We don't know, and as much as I hate to say it, the officials in Thorne have far more experience in this matter than we do. I'm not saying we should trust them, of course, but this... this business has gone on long before us. Before we were even born. Unfortunately, if you proceed with a hate crusade against anything Thorne attempts, you're doing exactly what the others want. Interference, disruption... the unbalancing of power.
[He sighs. Jaskier is already giving in to the idea that anything he says will not change anything. All he could do, perhaps, is encourage Yennefer to stay out of it... which, he feels, will have the opposite effect. He doesn't know what to argue. Better angled violence? Peace? Neutrality? All of them are choices, but despite their lack of them, Jaskier cannot see the benefit in attempting to silence any of the Summoned. They are all equal ground.] Forgive me if I can't see how killing one of my... comrades... would preserve your own on a different sphere. That matter, too, you have no way of knowing its truths.