"You should know by now, that you're not my type."

"For the record, I was perfectly content with my life before Jaskier."

"Pretty sure you gave yourself to everyone, I just benefited from it more but I digress..." His voice trailed off, almost elegantly. "You started from scratch and look what you became instead of a simple bard?"

"Me? I was playing in the courtyard. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 approached me to be some sort of hobby!"

"The irony is how the narrative changed. I was busking on my own. And 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 approached me, not the other way around."

"Bitterness has aged you, Jask."

"I was interested because someone saw potential in me. ... Rumours came to my ears that a certain someone was bored and needed a project."

"Oh, so we were bedding partners, and not just a fling? Now that is interesting~" Cue a sing song tone. "You want the book back? You can have it. I haven't looked at it in years."

"Hm? So you still see potential, even now? That... actually rather sweet..." His own face suddenly scrunched up. "Think of it as a way for you to notice me. You became so distracted, and distant, I did it as a way to have you look at me like you once had, but it never worked."

/ Pulling backstory out of my ass at the drop of a hat. 😬 Halp.

“It takes two to make wrongs. I made mistakes but it wasn’t 100% all my fault. My mentor abandoned me.”

Maybe he convinced himself that he was just a fling. "Tch, you'll have to ask my fans if the song were so butchered, because I certainly haven't heard any complaints."

"Darling, were you always this catty?"

"I'm not incapable of growth..."

"𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭, we've established that. But are we not able to have a civil conversation without you getting bent out of shape?"

"Well, considering you've been holding onto the same vendetta for years... I did tell you plenty of times that all that worrying was going to age you."

"I said it was going to age you. Not that it did."

"That's what you want? That'll put the past behind us?"