Somewhat Clear

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somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: The Witcher
Relationship: Ciri & Geralt, Geralt/Eskel
Warnings: Geralt looting corpses game-style, sad witcher childhoods, mention of the attack in Kaer Morhen, mention of Renfri's sad childhood, mention of Adda's sad life and the incest with her brother.
Wordcount: 3094
Notes: My entry for Imbolc for the witcher wheel of the year event.

Summary:
It begins with Geralt picking up a doll. Childhoods are lost and denied; princesses are monsters, and monsters are princesses. Agency is questioned. Family is found.

Excerpt:

He let himself slip into a light meditation, memories of a bare childhood washing over him as the fire kept consuming the corpses in the pile. Vesemir had always pretended not to see the playthings that made it in the dormitory while Geralt and Eskel were under his care, but he’d never treated them like children. Every evening they went to bed black and blue with bruises, crying with fatigue and frustration. And yet they were fond memories—the only childhood he had known.

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