[He shrugs, a little bit awkward. This entire meeting has been discomfiting, though so far, it could have gone worse than it has.
He takes a small box from the bag.]
I didn’t mean to be haggling over the North with you; I thought I was seeking an alliance. I still am. Even if I convince you of everything here, there’s no telling that you’ll remember it back there, or I will; might be that I have to convince you all over again.
But in this place, near as I can tell, we’re on the same side. So I saw these, and I thought they were something you might like. A gift for that alliance.
[He holds the box out to her. In it, there are chocolates with fruit fillings, shimmering colors brushed across the top. They’re in the shape of dragons.]
no subject
He takes a small box from the bag.]
I didn’t mean to be haggling over the North with you; I thought I was seeking an alliance. I still am. Even if I convince you of everything here, there’s no telling that you’ll remember it back there, or I will; might be that I have to convince you all over again.
But in this place, near as I can tell, we’re on the same side. So I saw these, and I thought they were something you might like. A gift for that alliance.
[He holds the box out to her. In it, there are chocolates with fruit fillings, shimmering colors brushed across the top. They’re in the shape of dragons.]