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[moondancer]

[ from here ]

[ She shouldn't feel excitement about that. When will she get to see the North? Would Rhaenyra even let her go? Would her father? Perhaps when this war is over, and Rhaenyra is on the throne, she can request to be sent as a representative to the North to ensure they still have their allegiance.

Assuming they have it already. As if Lord Stark would outright say they lack it. ]

I'd trust your tour would include not only what makes Winterfell beautiful but what makes it incredibly harsh. Perhaps more of the harshness then the beauty. I like seeing places the same way those who live there see them.

And I'd want one of the very thick cloaks. I've heard rumours the ones from the North are made of the softest furs.

he arrives, a million years later

[wolfpacts]

[ As Otto Hightower can attest, why say anything when you can leave them stewing on read?

A suitable offer, he thinks, if their families are bonded by blood as much as their Houses by oaths one day. (On the other hand, if the matter of justice for Prince Jaehaerys ever arises on another of those days, who can say what the future looks like?) ]

To be frank, my lady's request surprises. I didn't know there already existed a Targaryen daughter who cared to find out the difference. [ Aside from one of Baela's who may join his son here, at Winterfell. ] Few as far south as you meet a suggestion to visit the North with more than polite resistance.

We boast furs a plenty, I assure you of that.

[ Perhaps she ought to be the stateswoman. Look at her flattering her northern subjects. ]

@ i have no idea if she's her stepmom or niece or both

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[ from here ]

[ Sheepishly, she reluctantly offers as the first syllable is already out of her mouth before she can think better of it - ]

Father?

cousin of some degree, step-mom, former-aunt-in-law, future mother-in-law... I think?

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[Father. How does she sum up Daemon in one word?]

Complex.

this family's gatherings are wild

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[ Let Baela add on a descriptor - ]

Frustrating.

truly!

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Frequently.

[It's not bad stepmoming if Baela said it first, right?]

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[ She cracks a smile. ]

Pigheaded.

[ He truly is… ]

[suchstrangepower]

[A family trait, to be fair. Although he has reached entirely new levels with it.]

Irreverent.

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[ What else? What else? ]

Inattentive.

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Self-preoccupied.

[Cheating a bit, but not losing, like 'you deserve better' would be.]

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[ Baela considers her next word, unsure if she wishes to pry into affairs that are none of her business. But isn't Rhaenyra her business now? ]

Absent?

[ Is that what he is? ]

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[Ah, tricky question. Absent certainly is one word for it, but didn't she also, in a sense, send him away?]

Divided.

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[ It takes Baela a moment. ]

Oh.

[ That's not her word. She inhales through her nose and narrows her eyes as she considers what she wants to offer. ]

Unsupportive?

[suchstrangepower]

[Maybe she ought not discuss this with Baela. But... then again, maybe Baela will get something useful from it.]

Uncertain.

[moondancer]

[ Hm.

Her father can be pigheaded and stubborn, while he can see the cracks in the world no one else has spotted. Perhaps it isn't her business to know what has transpired between Daemon and Rhaenyra, but… well, can't she at least ask? ]

Doubt.

[ Rhaenyra doubts him. Baela isn't completely unfamiliar with such a concept when it comes to her father. ]

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[Another difficult choice - tell a truth she does not want to, or tell a lie she does not want to.]

Unwillingly.

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[ If she breaks out of the one word, would this conversation end? It's a risk she can't take. ]

Broken?

[ Is that what she and Daemon are now? ]

[suchstrangepower]

[There's a question that has been haunting Rhaenyra for quite some time now. She's loathe to speak it into the universe as a certainty, though. For multiple reasons. Although it is hard to come up with any other accurate word.]

...Fragile.

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Sorry.

[ Though Baela understands it's not her fault. She's capable of empathy, isn't she? ]

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Kind.

[Especially kind, since they are discussing her father.]

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[ She pauses, considering. ]

Desire.

[ That's what she wants to be. Ferocious, fiery, and kind. Can Targaryens be that? ]

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Goal.

[It may be a rarer trait for their family line, but surely it's not out of the question. Surely everyone agrees Queen Alysanne was kind?]

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[ You know there's that one Targaryen who needs to be different… ]

Struggle.

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Effort.

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Unrewarded.

[ She doesn't mean to be such a downer! ]