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The Last Wish • 1993
If I'm to choose between one evil and another, I'd rather not choose at all.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is Geralt's whole creed in one shrug: neutrality as a moral position, not an excuse. The story exists to show how hollow that creed turns out to be, since refusing to choose is still a choice, and fans quote it both sincerely and as the setup to that irony. Players of the games, where Wild Hunt's grim moral choices are the signature, adopt it as the series' unofficial motto.
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In context
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The line belongs to Sapkowski's short story "The Lesser Evil" in The Last Wish, and is heard in the Netflix series The Witcher, episode 1, "The End's Beginning". Geralt has gone to the tower where the mage Stregobor is hiding. Stregobor begs him to kill Renfri, a woman cursed under the Black Sun who hunts him, as "the lesser evil". Geralt refuses, says evil is evil whether lesser, greater or middling, and that he would rather not choose at all, then leaves. The choice follows him to Blaviken, where Renfri's bandits arrive and the argument ends in blood.
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- Wikiquote: The Witcher (TV series)Season 1, "The End's Beginning" [1.01]Reference checked
- Witcher Wiki: The Lesser EvilPlot summaryReference checked
- Witcher Wiki: Mniejsze zło (comic)LeadReference checked
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