Talk:Payback/@comment-198.54.212.177-20170605020156/@comment-70.68.221.255-20180608234410

I was taking a longer view than just a single theft. I mean standard procedure for Geralt (and any other main character in an RPG) is to grab anything that isn't nailed down with the occasional sidequest for a crowbar when something that is nailed down belongs to somebody that really pisses you off. Like a racist for example. But stealing horses when the conspicuous performers were turned away would 1) Potentially set the law on them making their lives difficult in the future, and 2) Provide an excuse for another murderous racial purge and neither the local guard nor the douchebags of the church of the eternal burning sensation ever need more than half of an excuse to do that. The first time I made the choice without knowing what the outcome would be I thought I'd have the chance to explain that to Ciri (unintended consequences being kind of a running theme in the game) but no, he just says "not their business" and gets in a fistfight. Freedom - what Ciri yearns for - still means choices have consequences. It's a hard lesson to learn that they aren't always for ourselves and we're bound by those consequences just as much as if others have limited our choices for us. Even if it is mostly about her trust in Geralt having her back no matter the misadventure if anything rather than contributing to her worst ending I would think that would push her towards becoming Empress instead of the seemingly free life of the Witcher.