I am a man of the Night's Watch and subject to no one.
Do you understand there are no queens here? If you behave as if you are one you will be noticed, and like as not unfavorably.
I do not mean to quarrel with you. I would not pursue this if I did not care for you and wish you a pleasant life here.
I would gladly tell you in person were I not at work, pouring cold beers with strange names for men who've never held a sword in their lives because nothing I learned in my entire life at home will put coin in my pocket here save for fetching the Old Bear his drinks.
[ Deposited without context in Dany's inbox are three pictures of an erect penis, all from different, clinical angles. Were there any attention paid to the allure or tone of these pictures, it would probably be an attractive penis. As it stands, it's the sort of pictures you take when you're trying to sell something on Facebook Marketplace. ]
[He sees her, at that last gate and in the caves, but after a moment of eye contact, she looks away and is gone. He nods — “Right.” — and that’s the end of it, for that day. He doesn’t send her a message the next day, thinking she might want to rest. The day after, though, he contacts her.
He has to steel himself first... not by much, but enough that he notices it.]
or some confusing mix of the two. in his (limited) experience, disappearances like his are seldom isolated and since his contact list is not exactly booming these days it doesn't take too long to make all the necessary calls.
dany is second, at least. if only because han's baffling inbox message had begged an immediate response. )
[How does he ask what it is that he'd like to know: is Rey gone? Has she disappeared? He hasn't seen her around in ages, hasn't heard word from her. It's strange for him to not do that. Even though they were in conflict leading up to the New Beijing trip, he hadn't held a grudge. It was a rough time for everyone involved.
But now ... now it's strange.
And here's the thing: Rey likes to get herself into trouble. A lot of it. So—]
[She isn't sure what Han Solo is offering -- but he had invited her here, with his son and his fond memories of him. She'd shared something with him that she'd never really unpacked very much with anyone, and some emotions she thought she might carry to her grave.
Daenerys felt safe with Han Solo, and so she has no reason to hesitate to take his hand. there is something about him and his way -- the same way that Kylo Ren had managed to keep her near, even in her more volatile moments.]
I've grown from it.
[She feels the need to quantify that in the momentary silence, at least, so he does not think her some simpering girl, lost to grief.]
[ riku would want her to do this. if she doesn't do it on her own, he'll keep nagging at her. she has to do something. ]
If you're going to be close to him, you should know that when he had to make a choice, Kylo Ren chose power. He chose the Dark Side. He chose the deaths of millions, the forced conscription of children, and war against his own mother. I couldn't save him. Now, I fear the best thing I can do is stop him.
[ there's no apology. she won't make one when it still feels like daenerys betrayed her in some way, choosing kylo ren. she won't make explanations for her behavior either, won't point out that it was kylo she hadn't been ready to face when she was obviously right to steer away from daenerys and her old apartment in order to steer away from him.
still. it's easier, not looking daenerys in the face as she says this. it's why she'll say it to daenerys, and not to any of her new well-meaning housemates yet, or the other ren. ]
I'll understand if you don't reply. But I wanted you to know.
( William doesn't release anything he finds from Antarctica while in Antarctica. He's sitting with the scientists' unpublished findings under thumb. He'd shared what he'd found with a few of the Displaced, including Dany when she'd checked in inside. But, he hadn't clued her into possibly releasing everything.
Post-earthquake, he has time on his hands with the outages. And he's still sitting on everything. )
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