These spiders seem more interested in appearances and the idea of power rather than anything else. Will they even notice me this time? They usually ignore me.
No, I would never tell them how Robb died. His death isn't their concern. There are other things to say about him. How he never lost a battle, how brave he was, how handsome.
You must have a number of things you could tell them. You are king now.
I have things I could tell them. I think they'll like the story of how my sister and I took back our home.
[He does, and he doesn't. The pride in what they accomplished with blood and sweat is balanced a little by the knowledge of how, bit by bit, a beast he hadn't quite known was in him had taken over.]
I am a king and I'm not. I bent the knee to someone, but she doesn't seem to think it matters. If I'm not, I still hold the North.
If they ask why you didn't win the battles yourself, tell them — tell them women don't lower themselves to fighting, that it's men's work. Tell them he did it for you. It must be true in some ways. But you have to use a different name, you can't use the true one. Robert West is as good as any.
That is a good story, but I have never heard all of it. I might have to listen, but I will try to believe I am above everyone.
[She didn't know very many details about his relationship to Daenerys, only that there was something between them and they were allies. That he bent the knee, that was a surprise to her.]
She wants you to be her equal.
I don't know if he did it for me, but I can say that he did. Robert West? No, I don't want him to be connected to my name like that. Better he be yours. He deserves better than my family, even if it is a fake name.
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Date: 2018-04-30 01:14 pm (UTC)No, I would never tell them how Robb died. His death isn't their concern. There are other things to say about him. How he never lost a battle, how brave he was, how handsome.
You must have a number of things you could tell them. You are king now.
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Date: 2018-05-01 12:22 am (UTC)[He does, and he doesn't. The pride in what they accomplished with blood and sweat is balanced a little by the knowledge of how, bit by bit, a beast he hadn't quite known was in him had taken over.]
I am a king and I'm not. I bent the knee to someone, but she doesn't seem to think it matters. If I'm not, I still hold the North.
If they ask why you didn't win the battles yourself, tell them — tell them women don't lower themselves to fighting, that it's men's work. Tell them he did it for you. It must be true in some ways. But you have to use a different name, you can't use the true one. Robert West is as good as any.
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Date: 2018-05-04 04:53 pm (UTC)[She didn't know very many details about his relationship to Daenerys, only that there was something between them and they were allies. That he bent the knee, that was a surprise to her.]
She wants you to be her equal.
I don't know if he did it for me, but I can say that he did. Robert West? No, I don't want him to be connected to my name like that. Better he be yours. He deserves better than my family, even if it is a fake name.