She nods. "That was what the mages originally intended for the witchers when they were first created, I believe. A sort of knightly order that would ride out to fight wraiths and vampires, strigas and ghouls."

It didn't work out that way. She can almost hear Geralt scoffing at the idea of himself as a kindly, noble knight whose only mission is to rid the world of evil.

She gives him a curious look at his demurring. "Do they not all respond the same way?"