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[blamedestiny]

No.

You keep that. It's too personal to you. It's not necessary.

[desolation]

It won't be a permanent gift. You can make use of it at least until you're able to find something else that grants a longer term solution.

[ because maybe she's concerned. no matter how complicated they might be together. ]

I'm sure you must feel infuriated and exhausted. It'd do you no good to go prancing around in such a foul mood.

[blamedestiny]

It might not be even work on me. I'm not like you.

( in that he wasn't who it was built for. )

I'm already in a foul mood. But, some would say that's normal.

[desolation]

Are you not even willing to try?

Or are you simply reluctant to seek me for aid?

[blamedestiny]

Why would I be reluctant to seek you out? You're the one that doesn't want to see me.

[desolation]

Whatever is complicated between us, I neither wish to see you suffer, Geralt.

[blamedestiny]

I don't know how to make things less complicated.

[desolation]

[ in truth, she doesn't have an answer either. ]

How about we simply start with trying to help you sleep?

[blamedestiny]

I would love to sleep. But, I don't want to take something that was specially made from you, Morgana. This has nothing to do with us and everything to do with it being yours.

[desolation]

You wouldn't have reached out if you weren't desperate to try anything. I'm the one who's offering.

[blamedestiny]

( he sighs. )

Do I just put it on when I'm going to try and sleep?

[desolation]

That's all it is. Nothing complex, no further enchantments.

It doesn't put you to sleep, but it's meant to calm the mind relax you so that it is easier to do so. As I said before, it was the only thing that ever aided me.

[blamedestiny]

I suppose there is no harm in trying it.

[desolation]

Then do you wish me to come over with it?

[blamedestiny]

Unless you'd prefer I come get it from you.

[desolation]

I have no problem taking the elevator.

[blamedestiny]

Very well.

I'm here.

[desolation]

Then I'll be there.

[ will it be such a good idea? it's hard to say, really, but it's telling that she's willing to do this at all, since she could easily leave him to his devices, leave him to find his own solution.

but rather than avoid her entirely, he'd confessed to his identity, seeking her out specifically, which — well, it simply leaves her to wonder.

carefully pulling the bracelet from a box amongst her jewelry, she takes the familiar old path of taking the elevator to his floor, sighing as she approaches his door, taking a moment to stand there before she finally wills herself to knock. ]

[blamedestiny]

( geralt knows how to handle his insomnia when he's awake. while he might look a little more harried and disheveled to some, he doesn't look like a complete wreck either. he's clean and dressed and not at all the picture of a man who hasn't slept.

but, he feels terrible. he knows he can't be sluggish or lethargic like this when he's fighting so he has to figure this out.

when she knocks, he looks over at the door like it might open itself before he moves to pull it open, standing aside to let her in. )

[desolation]

[ it shouldn't feel this strange, not when it's a routine she's performed countless times, visiting him like this, and yet, there's an uncertainty when she stands there, lingering even once he pulls the door open and steps aside to allow her inside. she waits a moment before she moves, eyes falling on him before turning way, stepping into his apartment.

she knows no one else would be there and yet her eyes subtly move around the space as if somehow imagining they might be anyway.

turning on her heel to face him, she holds the bracelet up. ]

This ... belonged to my mother. Before my sister gifted it to me. There were a few instances where it was unable to counter against some of my strongest prophetic dreams, but it should be sufficient enough for you since those aren't a concern.

[blamedestiny]

Morgana —

( he'd already been hesitant to take something like this from her but hearing that it belonged to her mother makes it even more so. he looks down at the bracelet before he reaches out to close her fingers around it. )

I can't.

( he has no plans to do anything untoward to the bracelet but it still feels like he's taking something precious from her and she has so little from that life already. )

[desolation]

[ she sighs as he brings his fingers around her hand, shoulders sinking as if she'd expected it. but she lifts her other hand to gently cover his in turn. ]

Geralt —

[ she lifts her head to peer up at him, honest in her eyes as she swallows. ]

Please. This — this is all I could do for you right now. It's all that I have.

[ in the face of all that she's made something difficult that much harder, uncertain of what else she could give him in turn when she's asked him for more than is fair. ]

[blamedestiny]

And because it's all that you have is the reason I can't take it. I can't.

( he doesn't pull his hand away from her, looking down at them now. even if he wants to sleep, he finds himself so resistant to taking this from her in the event that this city does something to him or it while it's in his possession. )

You don't need to do anything for me.

( she doesn't owe him anything and she doesn't need to fix him. he's the one that needs to fix things except he really has no idea how to do that. )

[desolation]

Don't say that.

[ it's a quiet reply but quick, shaking her head as she turns away from him, eyes drawn to their hands. she takes a step closer to him, slow and careful, putting herself further into his space, almost tentatively. ]

Don't say there isn't anything. I — [ she looks up to him, wishes it were far easier to despise him. but her eyes say otherwise. ] I need to do ... something.

[blamedestiny]

But you don't need to give me this. I don't want to take something from you that's so special. Just in case...just in case something happens.

( it's not likely that he disappears but he would feel absolutely terrible if he did with her wrist cuff on his arm. he doesn't want to risk taking that from her.

he understands the need to do something though. he sighs and watches her turn away before she looks at him. he looks back and, after a moment, brushes a finger down her cheek. )

You're doing something right now.

( she was here. that was a lot. )