[Jaskier clutches onto him like a lifeline, and yells one syllable at him in the kind of distressed tone that he usually saves for life-threatening situations.]
[Dad.]
[Right. Okay. That's also probably a reason for his voice to jump a few octaves.]
Hm.
[Geralt also isn't exactly the role model for World's Best Father, nor did he ever have particularly shining examples of fatherhood when he was young. He's a witcher. Boys that come under the care of witchers either leave it as witchers or as a corpse. He has no business being a father to anyone, and certainly not to an innocent child, thrust upon him by the whims of destiny. And with Kiri--]
[Well. To take a truly honest stock of the situation, they've essentially spent the better part of a year being guardians to her. They've kept her safe, fed her, clothed her, treated her kindly. Jaskier has doted on her as an uncle might to a favorite niece, or perhaps as a father might to a favorite child. Geralt has taught her to use her little knife (and far kinder and gentler than he was ever taught to use a blade), and carried her when she was tired, and indulged her whims.]
no subject
[Dad.]
[Right. Okay. That's also probably a reason for his voice to jump a few octaves.]
Hm.
[Geralt also isn't exactly the role model for World's Best Father, nor did he ever have particularly shining examples of fatherhood when he was young. He's a witcher. Boys that come under the care of witchers either leave it as witchers or as a corpse. He has no business being a father to anyone, and certainly not to an innocent child, thrust upon him by the whims of destiny. And with Kiri--]
[Well. To take a truly honest stock of the situation, they've essentially spent the better part of a year being guardians to her. They've kept her safe, fed her, clothed her, treated her kindly. Jaskier has doted on her as an uncle might to a favorite niece, or perhaps as a father might to a favorite child. Geralt has taught her to use her little knife (and far kinder and gentler than he was ever taught to use a blade), and carried her when she was tired, and indulged her whims.]
...Fuck.