[ She doesn't mean for it to sound fatalistic. She's just very shaken right now, between the Singularity's panic and her own. Anyone who's capable of kidnapping Geralt is not someone to be taken lightly. And nearly everyone she knows is already chomping at the bit to blindly pursue them.

With a sigh, she nods, holding onto him for another moment before she lets go. ]

I mean it. [ Looking up at him, she puts her hands on his shoulders. ] There's a difference between what I can do and what I know you'll do. Not just you, but like, half of these folks, I could take or leave. [ This is said with a degree of humor, but it's true. Julie does not care if people she barely knows by name get captured. She cares when it's her people. ] Either way, I won't be the one chasin' kidnappers. So stay safe.

[ That said, she releases him. ] I'll talk to you soon.