"I have nightmares of an entire country like that," she said with a shudder. "They burn Grisha there, or if they happen to make it to a city of some kind they're given a mock trial and then executed... Either way, they want to kill us all."

Nina frowned a little at herself; she hadn't meant to bring up Fjerda when they were both enjoying food and relative peace. But the winter conditions Geralt had just described brought her own memories screaming back. She had been there before appearing here.