U-uh-- y-yeah. I-- I mentioned the research, before, right? I started out looking for a cure.
[He weighs his options as to whether to explain or just skip to the "I didn't find one," bit. He decides to make it short.]
There are a few different sub-species of werewolf. There's the, the, uh, classic ones. They were born that way, created that way, whatever you believe in or want to say, you know, that's how they are. They're the first.
[He's hoping that talking very fast keeps Geralt from getting bored. Or losing his temper.]
There's a couple of others in between, from interbreeding and all sorts of shenanigans, but, what... what I was infected with is a very new strain, comparatively. A couple centuries back, some witch or wizard or someone got the bright idea that werewolves were too hard to control, but would be useful to have under their thumb. So, basically, they-- they made some of their own. And that strain got passed down through infection, blah blah blah. That's what I got infected with.
Magic... mutates, over the centuries, apparently. And the cures that worked on the old wolves... don't have much affect on me, unfortunately. But, uh, all the other stuff I found in my research, I-- I helped other people with! Cured a few of the first type of wolves who came looking for help, too. So that was...
...that was, uh, cool.
[Beat.]
I-- uh, sorry. I, I talked too much.
[....you are a very scary man with a very scary face, Geralt.]
HOLY FUCK THAT GOT LONG I'M SO SORRY
[He weighs his options as to whether to explain or just skip to the "I didn't find one," bit. He decides to make it short.]
There are a few different sub-species of werewolf. There's the, the, uh, classic ones. They were born that way, created that way, whatever you believe in or want to say, you know, that's how they are. They're the first.
[He's hoping that talking very fast keeps Geralt from getting bored. Or losing his temper.]
There's a couple of others in between, from interbreeding and all sorts of shenanigans, but, what... what I was infected with is a very new strain, comparatively. A couple centuries back, some witch or wizard or someone got the bright idea that werewolves were too hard to control, but would be useful to have under their thumb. So, basically, they-- they made some of their own. And that strain got passed down through infection, blah blah blah. That's what I got infected with.
Magic... mutates, over the centuries, apparently. And the cures that worked on the old wolves... don't have much affect on me, unfortunately. But, uh, all the other stuff I found in my research, I-- I helped other people with! Cured a few of the first type of wolves who came looking for help, too. So that was...
...that was, uh, cool.
[Beat.]
I-- uh, sorry. I, I talked too much.
[....you are a very scary man with a very scary face, Geralt.]