Daniel watches like an eagle, and whatever the doubts he had about the girl are now dispelled. If she was just a crazy kid who thinks is Ciri, she'd still move like a normal kid. But the grace and quickness of her movements show training, and very specific one at that. Fuck, she could sneak up on a cat, that's not something ordinary kid would be able to do, especially in the dark. So it looks like she might be who she claims he is. Daniel doesn't know many thirteen year olds with spec ops training...which is closest he can imagine to witcher training.
"Nice, good job. Just let him go, he'll get down from there by himself. I just wanted to show him his reign of terror on the roof is over and now there's someone that can do more than just shout at him from distance." This victory will be short lived, of course, but it might just be that village cats, so far ruling with impunity, have met their match. Also, more than anything, this was to burn some of her energy.
"Come down...or, I dunno, run around the roof for a little if you feel like it." Looking at the clock, it's almost ten. Most of the village is asleep already. Truth of the matter is, mostly old people live here. The place is dying out, slowly. When he moved here fifteen years ago, more than double amount of people lived here. But the young ones left and the old ones died. He still sees the young ones ocassionally at his concerts in big city, but they only visit here from time to time.
Looks like there will be an unexpected new kid on the block, and he's got a feeling this one will shake things up. Maybe he should take up an old tradition in these parts...he'll think about it.
"Didn't really think you'd be able to catch him, though. That's...certainly a novelty." Village cats. Doing their own thing. Migrating between houses, sometimes not turning up for breakfast for a motnh, then appearing as is from nowhere, but almost completely feral and wary of humans. Impossible to catch. And now there's a girl that can catch a cat on the roof in the middle of the night. He's pretty sure this one's going to spread the news...
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