The Voice of Reason

The Voice of Reason is the framing story in The Last Wish

Plotline
The Voice of Reason begins with Geralt, slumbering, awakened by the entrance of Iola. She has sex with him. Afterwards, he falls to sleep. Here Geralt dreams of his encounter in Wyzim with a striga. In the morning, he is woken up by Nenneke, the priestess of Melitele. He is in the Temple of Melitele. Iola leaves - with Geralt musing that in the early morning, she reminded him of Yennefer. She talks with him, worried that he was horrifically injured by a normal striga. Geralt and Nenneke argue about Geralt taking part in a trance. Geralt argues that his inability to be hypnotised and his lack of faith makes it pointless. Here, the second short story, A Grain of Truth is introduced.

Afterwards, he meets with Count Falwick and Ser Tailles, both knights of Order of the White Rose. They are here to chase Geralt from Ellander in the name of Prince Hereward. Geralt says he will leave after three days. Falwick tells him to leave immediately. Geralt and Tailles almost come to blows when the latter insults Nenneke. Tailles and Falwick leave, warning that they will be back (at this point, the third short story, The Lesser Evil). Later, he meets Iola, and carries a monologue explaining himself to her (she unable to talk due to a vow she has made). At the end, he muses on his destiny (introduces the short story, A Matter of Price).

Some time later, Dandilion, a poet friend of Geralt arrives

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