There is a distance that Ciri continues to keep away from where the boy sits upon the table. Her hand has not left the hilt of her sword and she has not moved from her protective stance in front of Inessa but watching the boy's reaction to Anders causes her to go back to those cell.

It makes her think about the one that contained empty vials of lyrium and a childrens' story book. It makes her think about the red shard she pulled from a hole in a man's chest where his heart had been.

Offering Inessa a quick glance, she lowers her hand from the hilt and steps forward. The boy shows no signs that typically come with ingesting red lyrium -- no glowing eyes or engorged veins but there's truly no telling. This wasn't something they knew a whole lot about. There's still distance between herself and the boy, she doesn't want to spook him and makes sure to carefully reach into her side bag to remove the story book she had found earlier.

Slowly, she leans in and sets the book along the table within his reach.

"Those red men did something terrible to you, didn't they? To everyone they brought down here." She says it softly to try and take any edge out of her voice. "... Did they make you drink the red liquid too?"