@geviezaldrizes@SAFFYREWINGS ( not that rhaenys thought her granddaughter had lied about the dragon. but to see it with her own eyes, they widened slightly. )
just when i thought i knew of all the wild dragons around, clearly i was mistaken.
@HIGHT0WERLADY she shook her head and glanced around as she stepped even closer.
โ the order was not on the little boy. but aemond himself. it was not our fault they decided to target him instead.โ
though she had not known of any of it until it had actually happened.
@HIGHT0WERLADY rhaenysโs hand raised as if to slap the woman in front of her but stilled instead, her gaze turning glacial.
โ mind your tongue before i have it removed. they are my grandchildren regardless! it was not a fair fight. lucerys was sent as a messenger, nothing more.โ โ
she may not believe you, naerys..
( rhaenys herself finding it a little hard to believe but her granddaughter had never lied to her. )
i shall have to meet this dragon sometime.
@HIGHT0WERLADY โ i do not know truly what kind of woman you are.โ
the admission was calm, almost unsettling.
โ and i find that i have no desire to learn.โ
@HIGHT0WERLADY only the weight of a grief she had carried long before this moment.
โ and you stand here,โ she continued, โ speaking of outrage as though it belongs solely to you.โ
Her eyes remained fixed on Alyrie.
โ you are right about one thing.โ
a pause. โ
@HIGHT0WERLADY the faintest curl of disdain touched her lips.
โ you knew enough to think i would stoop to spitting on a grave. that tells me exactly the kind of woman you are.โ
a deliberate , condemning.
โ and how little your words are worth.โ
@HIGHT0WERLADY returning to alyrie with quiet finality.
โ you loved him?โ she repeated, and this time there was no softness at all. โ then you hide it remarkably well.โ
a step closer, presence unmistakable, unyielding.
โ and as for not knowing meโฆโ โ
@HIGHT0WERLADY a pause lingered, heavy with restraint.
โ i came because even a man such as otto hightower is owed the dignity of witness.โ
her chin lifted, the disappointment not quite concealed.
โ it seems i have afforded more respect to his end than those who stood beside him in life.โ
@HIGHT0WERLADY โ if you think so little of me, you donโt know me at all.โ
her gaze passed over the grave only briefly, uninterested, before settling on alyrie at last.
โ if i wished to dishonour him..โ she continued, voice smooth but edged, โ you would not need to ask.โ โ