He initially pegged Nadine as 1) sharp enough to recognize that the whole diplomatic incident clusterfuck was sus as hell 2) otherwise kind of your basic "help people out in the most straight-forward sense by fixing their bodies" do-gooder (not saying that's a bad thing)
That impression hasn't changed per se, but it has deepened? He's impressed by the efforts she's going to to educate herself and chase down knowledge and do more, do better. She's actually the main reason he's considering the notion of some kind of enrollment himself rather than just being a nerd in the library.
No she does not, she keeps that very under wraps for the most part. She has the option to do better now and she's taken it. Nobody but her super close people need to know about the terrorism and the murder and the marrying a demon or maybe the antichrist she's not entirely sure, but he's probably one of those things.
I feel kind of bad saying this but Altaïr's first impression of Vik was that Vik was much smarter than Jayce so Altaïr better be careful if he doesn't want this "hidden blade intended for self-defense that is common in my land" thing questioned
Current impression is that Viktor is way smarter than he ever suspected. I played it kind of vague how many details he actually knew about the Magic Surgery because I wasn't sure how much would ICly make it to him, but it's clear that it was an incredibly impressive feat
I'd say Viktor's intelligence, boldness and weirdly his prickliness makes Altaïr like him? He's clearly not a People Person but neither is Altaïr and he appreciates people who don't feel the need to put a lot of effort into schmoozing
Spending hours conjuring up increasingly inventive and dangerous obstacle courses until one of them is faced with a life-threatening situation or they're both just exhausted, because the first time around was fun as shit and he has no doubt they could both come up with some really cool and challenging courses
After getting over the shock he would immediately start experimenting with how he can blend in better as a woman, what kinds of social stealth Hilda's body can pull off that his can't, etc. Is it likely to ever be useful again? Who knows?
If they switched once, maybe it's possible he'll end up a woman in the future? At the very least he can learn from it and probably improve his own observing skills.
"Oh man this girl can't handle the sea at all." Mostly in a sympathetic way, not at a laughing-at-her way, at least as much as he was capable of given that he was so stressed himself at the time.
Hilda also struck him as vaguely smart and level-headed since she was handling things as a relative newbie pretty calmly. He wasn't sure if he liked the outgoing friendliness being directed at him or not.
He doesn't really love the outgoing friendliness but has just kind of given up and accepted it because it's not like she pries into his past and personal life. That would be a bit much but he can cope with extrovertedness.
enjoy the new extroverted pink growth you've acquired, Altair. also i love that he'd be like ah yes how can i use this in my own repertoire of skills in the future. Altair trying to act like Hilda is...definitely something i'd love to see asjdfh
No in the sense that Altaïr doesn't truly trust anyone, yes in the sense that he is pretty sure he can trust Geralt to be Geralt, quite straightforward. He doesn't think Geralt would stab him in the back because he's pretty sure Geralt would stab him in the front if he felt it necessary.
First thought was probably "damn what a unit" and now it's more like "oh it's Geralt, the unit." No but seriously he initially struck Altaïr as being a pretty cold and stoic dude, but he's seen enough by now to be pretty sure that still waters run deep.
Like he doesn't think Geralt went looking for survivors in Libertas b/c he wanted money. But his overall impression about Geralt's personality hasn't changed much and he's cool with it.