dragonwarder | (no subject)

Knowledge?
Oh. Actually, I figured that out on my own.

[ affirmation though, sure. rey doesn't have a word for that. ]

I just meant your patience.
You could have stopped responding.

[ she hasn't talked about this with, well, anyone. poe seems tacitly aware. that's it. ]

I typically reserve cold dismissal for those whom have not broken bread with me before.

[Which is probably the most formal way anyone could ever say "that's because I like you, dingus".]

I also find no value in guarding such information from other women.

I haven't had a lot of experience sharing this kind of information.

[ women or otherwise. so it means something, anyway. ]

Daisy always seems to make fun of me.

[This message takes a while to come over.]

I prefer to speak freely in all things, whenever possible.
None of us were brought into the world with knowledge, and knowledge can easily be weaponized.
I have seen how easily and freely others like to make their own use of others' sexual ignorance and innocence.

I prefer my friends and allies to be armed against such malevolence, if they are willing to seek my council.

So you don't mind giving council?

[ rey for the past forever: pls someone mentor me i need an adult to help me understand things
adults in rey's life: HA HA HA FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF
dany: ~hello it's me you're looking for

except it's just like ... about sex and stuff. not the force. ]

I mean, Kylo's not malevolent. Not about this.
He could stand to be more, actually.

[ but they're just both nervous virgins. ]

On the condition that you do the same, should another woman seek you out.
Yes.

[Somehow that doesn't surprise her. But she doesn't say that. She also chooses not to nitpick over Rey's choice of phrase regarding malevolence, though she feels herself rising in a strong desire to.]

You may find he will not be the only one who seeks you out.
Nor the only one you may want in that way.
But that is for you to discover and decide.

[Briefly, she feels something in her chest seize. She had been marching forward for so long that she did not realize how much she missed her companions until that very moment.

So she marches forward again.]

If you ever have a question, ask.

Yeah, I will. Of course.

[ Rey would never withhold help if she could give it. It's just hard to imagine anyone seeking her out for that. She's not exactly known for her social graces. Plus, it's hard to hear what Dany says about others. She'd gone this long without anyone interested in her. Without being interested in anyone. It feels ... settled, in a way.

Maybe that's just how everyone feels. ]

I do have a question.
I don't want you to think just because I have a question means I sent those pictures, though. I didn't.

Truth be told, I do not much care if you did or did not.
It is hardly the most offensive missive I have received.

Ask.

How do you keep from choking?

[ she tried to find a more delicate way to say this for 2 seconds ok and then she abandoned ship like nope just gonna go for it directly just like her preexisting strategy for giving head. ]

[Huh. She just went right for it. And Dany has to consider if she's actually as true as she says she is.

But whatever its just dicks.]

Practice.
Holding your tongue flat and still.

It might be difficult regardless, with a cock that size.
Mouths do not stretch half as well.

[ Flat and still. Huh. ]

Thanks.
I won't tell him you said that.

[ 'a cock that size.' kriff. he's already flattering himself about how difficult it is to fit. ]

He is not the largest I have seen.
Nor do I say it to pay him compliment.

Only in practicality.

That, I might mention.

[ the first part, obviously. ]

No lecture?

[ at even a hint of sexual interest on rey's part coupled with them being on opposite sides of the war, daisy was ready with a lecture. daenerys doesn't seem to be reaching for one. ]

No.
I am not old enough to be your mother.

More importantly, wars are often resolved in this manner.
As often as they are started over the very same, I would say.

I will seek only offer council on that which you ask.

It's not about the war.

[ it never has been. and that caused all the problems, didn't it? it will again. that shadow looms over her again now, the one she's pressing to the edge of her mind, telling her that he hasn't given up anything yet. but she won't bring herself to ask about it. ]

I appreciate your advice.

[ she'd never had a mother. she doesn't know what the line between friendly and maternal advice really is. maybe she's looking for the latter in the former. ]

Maybe it wasn't.
But it could be.

[The war isn't her's. She won't fight it for her unless it happens to come here.]

He already offered that.
It wasn't a real compromise.

[ not even a ceasefire. rey's stomach turns with it. it had begun to feel far away. he's changed. they've changed. but maybe they've just forgotten--and it had been the same problem on the supremacy. they fit together easily, as long as the galaxy at large wasn't a part of the conversation.

clarke and marcos had suggested that some people might want to stay here. it sounds appealing, now, if irresponsible. ]

Then it sounds as if you may one day have a decision to make.
I cannot say I am wholly unfamiliar.

But for now, you should enjoy what you have.

[ should she?

somehow, rey hadn't expected that. it's gut-wrenching to recognize how unprepared for gentle encouragement, even permission from someone who had no business granting it, rey had been. she's disarmed for several minutes, realizing that it had never occurred to her that the temporary absence of conflict should allow for the setting aside of it, the development of this and all the complications it brought.

poe had expected some kind of answers. daisy was expecting her to reconcile it. dany only accepts it for what it is. ]

I will.

He'll give it up.
He didn't before. But when the time comes, I know he'll make the right choice.

[ it doesn't need justifying. but she doesn't want dany to believe that she's underselling kylo, either. she doesn't want dany to think that the man he is here and now is the tyrant he'd wanted to shape of himself. ]

If it were me, I would not count on that.
Power and control are seductive, especially for those who have previously lacked for both.

But if you do not live for what you have now, you may find yourself with regrets later.

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[ ah, that's right. daenerys is queen, yes, but she is reclaiming it. she had been overthrown. ]

And you?
Have you not been seduced by your power?

[that's a SUPER OFFENSIVE QUESTION and if they were in person right now Rey would probably be gifted with the stern Targaryen glare. She is very not happy.]

Am I the person to ask such a question?
You might ask Jon, or Sansa.
Not that they would likely be able to tell you either.
I had not known of them before my coming here.

Or you might decide for yourself, with what context you have.

I don't think you have.

[ she's been wrong before. ]

That's my point. It might be seductive, but that doesn't mean everyone succumbs to it.
If what you say were always true, I'd have taken his offer.

[ who had less power and control than a slave on jakku? she would have felt more confined by that power than saved. she'd never even considered it. not for a moment. ]

If you are asking for my opinion.
We are the exception, not the rule.

Are we?
What makes us exceptional, then?