Talk:Where the Cat and Wolf Play.../@comment-2001:1C02:1703:AD00:C4EF:DC0F:27FC:D5DA-20190823192036

This was a really tough quest, decision-wise. I have sympathy for Gaetan, I really do. A bounty on his head, dangerous job and then getting cheated out of money and literally stabbed in the back. However, after listening to his story, I still killed him - be it with pain in my heart because there are so few witchers.

It is heavily implied that Gaetan has killed or harmed villagers before out of anger. In the conversation, Geralt says:  "A lot of innocents died in that village". Gaetan says: "Yeah, they did. My fucking bad. Got carried away'". Then Geralt replies: "Not the first time, either. Right?". Then Gaetan clearly gets a more hostile look on his face "Wanna kill me, wolf?"[...] "But don't force me to confess". So he lost his temper before and it most likely has led in bloodshed before (you don't have to confess a beating). That makes him a loose cannon to me; a danger to both future villagers and witchers (they will get hated even more). His temper fits with the lore that witchers of the school of the cat have intensified instead of dulled emotions. While it is not Gaetan's fault his mutations make him quick to anger, it does make him incredibly dangerous.

The fact Gaetan uses the opportunity - when he is allowed to use swallow - to throw something in Geralt's face does not anger me. Yes, it's fighting dirty, but he's wounded and driven into a corner by Geralt. He's just trying to survive, and that what makes it so painful to kill him. He's sympathic - unlike many of the villagers of Honorton- but he's too dangerous to leave roaming around.