Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           Hurtwiththestrangesortofpainoddlyassociatedwithbliss.

           Torelax,theyonceagainranaroundthepark.YenneferpersuadedNenneketotakeCiri’sswordoutofstorageandsoenabledthegirltopractisehersteps,dodgesandattacks–insecret,ofcourse,topreventtheotherpriestessesandnovicesseeingher.Butmagicwasomnipresent.Cirilearnedhow–usingsimplespellsandfocusingherwill–torelaxhermuscles,combatcramps,controladrenalin,howtomasterheraurallabyrinthanditsnerve,howtosloworspeedherpulseandhowtocopewithoutoxygenforshortperiods.

           Theladymagicianknewasurprisingamountaboutawitcher’sswordand"dance’.SheknewagreatdealaboutthesecretsofKaerMorhen;therewasnodoubtshehadvisitedtheKeep.SheknewVesemirandEskel.AlthoughnotLambertandCoen.

           YenneferusedtovisitKaerMorhen.Ciriguessedwhy–whentheyspokeoftheKeep–theeyesoftheenchantressgrewwarm,losttheirangrygleamandtheircold,indifferent,wisedepth.IfthewordshadbefittedYennefer’sperson,Ciriwouldhavecalledherdreamy,lostinmemories.

           Ciricouldguessthereason.

           Therewasasubjectwhichthegirlinstinctivelyandcarefullyavoided.Butoneday,shegotcarriedawayandspokeout.AboutTrissMerigold.Yennefer,asifcasually,asifindifferently,askingasifbanal,sparingquestions,draggedtherestfromher.Hereyeswerehardandimpenetrable.