It is more than he should be asked to do. This wasn't Triss, purposefully inducing a trance to try and eke out an understanding of Ciri's powers, it wasn't Yennefer making her testify before a council of sorcerers.

He had only been trying to help. And now he carries this weight alone.

"Your writing is beautiful," she says, softly, amazed at how the bar translates as he lifts pen from paper.