Whatever he may have felt or shown for someone else doesn't mean he feels and shows nothing for you, Jaskier. And while I can't speak for this woman you mention, since I know nothing about her, I do know that many people have room in their hearts for more than one person. You and I, for instance. He could love this woman as the tide loves the moon, perhaps, but so what? That's hardly proof against his loving you. And twenty-two years says love to me, of one kind or another - love of the rarest kind. There's no language where it could mean anything else. And unless I've read Geralt completely wrong - and I'm not bad at reading people - then he's not a man to grant such love lightly, whether or not he ever puts words to it.
But I'm trying to get you to take heart, not cause you pain. I refuse to abandon you to thinking he's beyond your reach as long as you long for him, and as long as I think I see a way to your achieving your fondest wish, because that'd be piss poor friendship and you've earned better from me. But I also can leave the subject be, for a time, rather than overwhelm you with too much at any one moment. So if you need a break that badly from this, I'm happy to grant you a reprieve. Just know that it's a breather while you recover, not an ending. I won't make any false promises to abandon your hopes by the wayside while I see a way forward still, just because you have and you can't.
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But I'm trying to get you to take heart, not cause you pain. I refuse to abandon you to thinking he's beyond your reach as long as you long for him, and as long as I think I see a way to your achieving your fondest wish, because that'd be piss poor friendship and you've earned better from me. But I also can leave the subject be, for a time, rather than overwhelm you with too much at any one moment. So if you need a break that badly from this, I'm happy to grant you a reprieve. Just know that it's a breather while you recover, not an ending. I won't make any false promises to abandon your hopes by the wayside while I see a way forward still, just because you have and you can't.