(poor jaskier, he didn't know he not hitting just a sore spot but rather something that felt like an infected wound she didn't know how to cure. her jaw tightens. of course she had spent time trying to charm some of the higher ups -- had even made a true connection with emmanuel who went and got himself sacrificed to free them all from barbas' control. but in the end, she was the one on a leash. at least that's how it felt. the wedding to mammon wasn't finished before barbas' spell was finished...but she knows part of a binding spell was started, and it may be only a matter of time before he tries to finish it. which is why she has to find a way to sever the link. her voice is harder and unlike their normal barbs at one another, truly angry.)

If anyone got swindled in this place, bard, it was me. And any ties I might have to a demon lord were not by choice nor to my advantage.