[She looks at the bottle of ale that she's finished and reaches for another from the collection he had brought. She is going to need it, if she is going to tell this story.
And even still, she is not certain she can tell the whole thing. Not yet.]
It was the eve of my husband's funeral. He'd fallen prey to infection, from a wound he took defending my honor. I'd sought help from a healer, but ... she had betrayed my trust.
[She chances a glance at Jon, and forces herself to hold his gazen. He will surely think her a monster -- and maybe she was. But it was the truth of what she had done, and she did not regret it. No one would understand.
And that was fine. But she would own her decisions, especially given what they had lead to.]
In exchange for his life, I took her's upon his funeral pyre and Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal were born.
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[She looks at the bottle of ale that she's finished and reaches for another from the collection he had brought. She is going to need it, if she is going to tell this story.
And even still, she is not certain she can tell the whole thing. Not yet.]
It was the eve of my husband's funeral. He'd fallen prey to infection, from a wound he took defending my honor. I'd sought help from a healer, but ... she had betrayed my trust.
[She chances a glance at Jon, and forces herself to hold his gazen. He will surely think her a monster -- and maybe she was. But it was the truth of what she had done, and she did not regret it. No one would understand.
And that was fine. But she would own her decisions, especially given what they had lead to.]
In exchange for his life, I took her's upon his funeral pyre and Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal were born.