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"Of Banquets, Bastards, & Burials"

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Jan Popieluch

That's an interesting episode. Indeed very fun but at the same time probably the most deviating from the short story it's based on. "A question of Price" tells the story of the same banquet but there's hardly any fighting in it. Almost the whole plot resolves around conversations between Geralt and Calanthe. It's an intellectual battle and Geralt is the one defending the importance of destiny. It would be nearly impossible to adapt into an episode, so we get much more fighting instead ;) But the main difference is Geralt attitude. In the books he treats the Law of Surprise with huge respect and there's no accident in him invoking it as a reward. There is this beautiful dialogue between Geralt and Duny: "'I still say I am in your debt, witcher. It is my life that Rainfam's dagger endangered. I would have been beaten to death by the guards without you. If there's talk of a price then I should be the one to pay. I assure you I can afford it. What do you ask, Geralt?' 'Duny,' said Geralt slowly, 'a witcher who is asked such a question has to ask to have it repeated.' 'I repeat, therefore. [...] What do you ask for?' 'Duny,' said Geralt seriously, 'Calanthe, Pavetta. And you, righteous knight Tuirseach, future king of Cintra. In order to become a witcher, you have to be born in the shadow of destiny, and very few are born like that. That's why there are so few of us. We're growing old, dying, without anyone to pass our knowledge, our gifts, on to. We lack successors. And this world is full of Evil which waits for the day none of us are left.' 'Geralt,' whispered Calanthe. 'Yes, you're not wrong, queen. Duny! You will give me that which you already have but do not know. I'll return to Cintra in six years to see if destiny has been kind to me.' 'Pavetta,' Duny opened his eyes wide. 'Surely you're not...' 'Pavetta!' exclaimed Calanthe. 'Are you... are you?' The princess lowered her eyes and blushed. Then replied".

Eric Perez

I know I'm late on this, but I love how Geralt just can't escape the spotlight. Even when he's humble the queen recognizes his humility, poor guy never gets a break!