[Han may not have been intending to give her information, but his reaction gives her a decent amount. She absorbs it and dissects it, leaving a long and tense silence between them.
He had taken her interpretation of his actions to be direct words from his son's mouth. That spoke to guilt about what he had done, and about the way Kylo Ren now saw him. He had spoken about not having a right to defend his actions, rather than making the attempt to do so when he knew that she had his son's ear. That spoke to honesty. He acknowledges that his intent didn't matter, because of the effects that it had left.
All the other insults -- it takes her a few moments to bury them, to avoid taking them personally. In truth, she had baited his anger, hadn't she? She could forgive him a few scathing remarks.
She searches his face, momentarily mollified before her shoulders relax some and she reaches for her glass again. Daenerys does not drink, though -- it's just something to keep in her hand. He hadn't necessarily disproved her opinion, but he'd made it harder for her to believe in her gut reaction.
She wasn't used to that. Few people in the world had been capable of making her think twice.]
He did not call you a monster. Those are my words. On the contrary, he believes that you meant well.
[That, at least, she should correct. She takes the tone of someone who isn't prepared to apologize, but of someone who's maybe reconsidered their point of view. She does not look him in the eyes when she says that -- but they drift back up once she acknowledges her potential misinterpretation.]
I've met plenty of other well-meaning men during my rule. And before that. Some who were close to me, at one point or another. And I would feel better knowing for certain that you are not one of those men.
[Now she takes a drink, and then sets her glass aside in favor of closing off her body language, folding her arms a little tighter over her torso and allowing herself to relax. She has at least concluded that, whatever had sparked this war between Han Solo and his son, it was likely a singular circumstance and not likely to be repeated.
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He had taken her interpretation of his actions to be direct words from his son's mouth. That spoke to guilt about what he had done, and about the way Kylo Ren now saw him. He had spoken about not having a right to defend his actions, rather than making the attempt to do so when he knew that she had his son's ear. That spoke to honesty. He acknowledges that his intent didn't matter, because of the effects that it had left.
All the other insults -- it takes her a few moments to bury them, to avoid taking them personally. In truth, she had baited his anger, hadn't she? She could forgive him a few scathing remarks.
She searches his face, momentarily mollified before her shoulders relax some and she reaches for her glass again. Daenerys does not drink, though -- it's just something to keep in her hand. He hadn't necessarily disproved her opinion, but he'd made it harder for her to believe in her gut reaction.
She wasn't used to that. Few people in the world had been capable of making her think twice.]
He did not call you a monster. Those are my words. On the contrary, he believes that you meant well.
[That, at least, she should correct. She takes the tone of someone who isn't prepared to apologize, but of someone who's maybe reconsidered their point of view. She does not look him in the eyes when she says that -- but they drift back up once she acknowledges her potential misinterpretation.]
I've met plenty of other well-meaning men during my rule. And before that. Some who were close to me, at one point or another. And I would feel better knowing for certain that you are not one of those men.
[Now she takes a drink, and then sets her glass aside in favor of closing off her body language, folding her arms a little tighter over her torso and allowing herself to relax. She has at least concluded that, whatever had sparked this war between Han Solo and his son, it was likely a singular circumstance and not likely to be repeated.
That is enough for now.]