[justmedk]

Ciri didn't answer when he knocked, but when he entered she looked towards the door, her face puffy and red not only from crying but also from embarassment at the circumstances.

"I....I'm s.....sorry I woke you", she managed and sat up when he sat next to her on the bed. He didn't have to issue the hug-invitation twice, as she threw herself in his arms, needing the comfort of someone's arms around her at the moment. She instinctively knew that while Daniel was no Geralt, he was a good man nonetheless, and she felt she could trust him.
When he asked her if she wanted to go for a walk, she nodded, mostly because it had been his suggestion. She didn't know if walking would do her good, but she followed his lead like she'd followed Geralt's.

When they were outside, she shuddered in the cold night wind. Then she started to explain:

"I...I was back in the forest", she began. "Where you found me, but in the right place, and everyone else were there. Geralt, Vesemir. Even Lambert and the others. They were looking for me but couldn't find me even though I was right there screaming at them, and then Lambert said that i was just a stupid spoiled kid who'd run away, or gotten eaten, but that's not true! Then Lambert left and the others went with him one by one, till Vesemir was the last one and only Geralt was there. And then he saw me, but he was angry instead of happy, and screamed at me why I did that to him, and everyone were gone, and I tried to get their attention, I did!", she insisted, not realizing that she was rambling a bit. And now she was sobbing again at the memory of Geralt screaming at her. "It's not like I wanted to disappear", she sobbed. "I don't know what happened, or how to get home, or if I ever can get home. And I'm scared", she sobbed at the end as they walked down the street.