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In the second collection of short stories she first met Geralt in that forest with the Druids several years before Nilfgard's attack on Cintra. The show reworked that story into being part of her flight from Nilfgard and took Geralt out of it. Also a lot of what is shown from Ciri's pov is told in flashback in the novels. A lot of it is made up as well, but much of what is shown about Yennefer is also made up. In the books Ciri knew she was Geralt's 'child of surprise' from a much younger age, like 5 or 6, and had met him years before Cintra fell.
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I have read the first collection, and read the novels up to halfway through Tower of Swallows before stalling. (Something I think distracted me, and Sapkowski's weird framing digressions were making it a strained read.) I may have forgotten a few things.
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