It does change it. It matters that you didn't. [Even if she was planning to.]

We're defined by our actions and in the end, you chose to protect her. You chose to fight for her. That's who you are, Miss Yennefer. [He won't ask her what she planned to do. She's already shared the gist of it, and in the end it doesn't matter. He means what he says. What she had almost done is not what she has done.]

A protector. And the kind of person I'm glad to know. [He bumps her shoulder with his own, smile warm with affection and admiration.]