"Whatever effect you had, I was unaware of it," he says, "so I don't need an apology."
Should he have been aware of it? Probably. He can't guarantee that he'd have been able to solve the problem, since Geralt is not exactly the best man for solving interpersonal issues, but considering the disaster that happened at the park? There really isn't any way that his involvement could've made it worse. And there's another little issue that he will, at some point, have to bring up with Jaskier about that whole debacle-- that Jaskier used Geralt, or at least his relationship with Geralt, as a way to cut at Claude. He doesn't appreciate being used as a weapon.
"You already know my opinion on your meddling, but I can believe that you weren't malicious about it." Annoying, sure, and annoyingly persistent, yes. But it had been because Claude is a busybody and likes gossip and being in other people's business, not out of any particular cruelty. "You ruined nothing, but you didn't help anything either--"
Well. Now that he thinks about it, did Claude's behavior change anything? It certainly didn't have an impact on when their collective bullshit was revealed, because that was a result of the Prom disaster, Felix's interference, and Jaskier's ill-advised intercession. But what nags at the back of his mind is the fact that the key thing that swayed the bard, the thing that revealed Geralt better than his words could-- was the drawing journal.
The thing that Claude had seen, that he had confronted Geralt over. That he had been so meddlesome about.
Geralt's face looks approximately like he'd bitten into a lemon.
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Date: 2021-07-25 03:46 am (UTC)Should he have been aware of it? Probably. He can't guarantee that he'd have been able to solve the problem, since Geralt is not exactly the best man for solving interpersonal issues, but considering the disaster that happened at the park? There really isn't any way that his involvement could've made it worse. And there's another little issue that he will, at some point, have to bring up with Jaskier about that whole debacle-- that Jaskier used Geralt, or at least his relationship with Geralt, as a way to cut at Claude. He doesn't appreciate being used as a weapon.
"You already know my opinion on your meddling, but I can believe that you weren't malicious about it." Annoying, sure, and annoyingly persistent, yes. But it had been because Claude is a busybody and likes gossip and being in other people's business, not out of any particular cruelty. "You ruined nothing, but you didn't help anything either--"
Well. Now that he thinks about it, did Claude's behavior change anything? It certainly didn't have an impact on when their collective bullshit was revealed, because that was a result of the Prom disaster, Felix's interference, and Jaskier's ill-advised intercession. But what nags at the back of his mind is the fact that the key thing that swayed the bard, the thing that revealed Geralt better than his words could-- was the drawing journal.
The thing that Claude had seen, that he had confronted Geralt over. That he had been so meddlesome about.
Geralt's face looks approximately like he'd bitten into a lemon.
"...I showed him the journal."