Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           TheSquirrelshavetakenuptheirweaponsandgoneintothewoods."Humanstothesea,"they’reshouting,notrealisingthattheircatchysloganwasfedthembyNilfgaardianemissaries.Notunderstandingthatthesloganisnotaimedatthembutplainlyathumans,thatit’smeanttoignitehumanhatred,notfireyoungelvestobattle.Iunderstood-that’swhyIconsidertheScoia’tael’sactionscriminallystupid.Whattodo?MaybeinafewyearstimeI’llbecalledatraitorwho

           soldoutandthey’llbeheroes…Ourhistory,thehistoryofourworld,hasseeneventsturnoutlikethat."

           Hefellsilent,ruffledhisbeard.Cirialsoremainedsilent.

           "Elirena…’hemutteredsuddenly."IfElirenawasahero,ifwhatshedidisheroism,thenthat’sjusttoobad.Letthemcallmeatraitorandacoward.BecauseI,YarpenZigrin,coward,traitorandrenegade,statethatweshouldnotkilleachother.Istatethatweoughttolive.Liveinsuchawaythatwedon’t,later,havetoaskanyoneforforgiveness.TheheroicElirena…Shehadtoask.Forgiveme,shebegged,forgiveme.Tohellwiththat!It’sbettertodiethantoliveintheknowledgethatyou’vedonesomethingthatneedsforgiveness."

           Againhefellquiet.Cirididnotaskthequestionspressingtoherlips.Sheinstinctivelyfeltsheshouldnot.

           "Wehavetolivenexttoeachother,"Yarpencontinued."Weandyou,humans.Becausewesimplydon’thaveanyotheroption.