She perks up immediately at the sight of the carrots, not expecting ones they had been prepared to use (peelings and bruised ones, maybe) but Ciri doesn't complain and happily reaches out for them. Her hands stop short, listening and grinning.

"I would say something like how I swear on my honor as a Warden but we're in a sketchy place at the moment." Considering literally everything that has happened recently. "Instead I'll be sure to let you know ahead of time when I finally push a merchant off the battlements."

Joking or not? Who knows. "Yeah, he seems like good people but I'm keeping her down in the valley with the rest of us shady folks for now. Lots more grass down that way and she's pretty happy about it after being stuck in the desert."