[ Not one to be bothered by silence, Geralt simply lets it sit while Cloud stews over whatever's going through his head. He doesn't know the man well; hell, he doesn't even know what he intends to do, coming here. But he does know that wolf that night nearly got itself shot, encroaching too far onto human territory. If Cloud isn't careful, that could go to shit fast. ]
Mm. [ Coffee's fine. He's learned to like it here—more than he does tea. He's about to respond when Cloud brings up...that. His expression darkens. That's not the conversation he came here to have, but...
He does consider Zack a friend. In a way. And anyone caught up in that fucking mess has his sympathy. ]
You don't know? [ He sets the steaming mug down. ] Called themselves the Evergreen Circle. They captured people to experiment on.
[ He'd thought Zack would've said something about it. Actually, he'd assumed Cloud was the one who got Zack out. ] I came back that night, but he wasn't there anymore. Figured he'd escaped.
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Mm. [ Coffee's fine. He's learned to like it here—more than he does tea. He's about to respond when Cloud brings up...that. His expression darkens. That's not the conversation he came here to have, but...
He does consider Zack a friend. In a way. And anyone caught up in that fucking mess has his sympathy. ]
You don't know? [ He sets the steaming mug down. ] Called themselves the Evergreen Circle. They captured people to experiment on.
[ He'd thought Zack would've said something about it. Actually, he'd assumed Cloud was the one who got Zack out. ] I came back that night, but he wasn't there anymore. Figured he'd escaped.