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[decisiveconquest]

I will not hide my identity nor pretend these words are not attached to me. There were men who thought I committed many wrongs before I came here. One man held me accountable and spared me nothing besides a lingering death, which leads me to my question: in your estimation, are there any crimes that are unforgivable?

What a common man or woman cannot - should not - do, a king or a queen can do for the good of their people, correct? Great sacrifices are expected in battle - in war - however do you think that a ruler's life should be forfeit for them? What good can they do if they are slain prematurely?

I can admit when I am wrong, but on this...

I don't understand.

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[letoldthingsdie]

Then he was wrong. To bring unity and peace, sometimes you need to get your hands dirty. Any great leader understands that stability only comes from building from the ground up. Burn out the old and let something new and better rise from the ashes.

I'm assuming these Starks betrayed you? That is their mistake.

[decisiveconquest]

That is what I thought. I had to rid my kingdom of my enemies - the usurpers who slew my father on his throne. I am the rightful Queen.

(Except...)

The man who killed me has a claim, too. He assured me he didn't want to be King. I even asked him to rule with me.

I was foolish. The Starks betrayed my father and this man is half-Stark.

[letoldthingsdie]

Perhaps, if he is here you can grant him the death he deserves. It's clear he lied and betrayed you to take power for himself. He wouldn't be the first to do it.

[The difference was Snoke had been a manipulative tyrant who wanted him dead to begin with.]

[decisiveconquest]

He isn't.

I'm not as sure about his motives as I would like to be. The Starks are morally strict and he seemed upset over what I had done.

[letoldthingsdie]

Then he isn't who you thought he was if he couldn't trust you.

[Boy, does he know a little something about that.]

[decisiveconquest]

No, I never thought he would hurt me. (Much less kill her.) Can anyone be trusted?

[letoldthingsdie]

We want to believe in those we let close too us until we’ve only left ourselves open to more hurt and disappointment. To answer your question- no. I don’t think anyone can be trusted. It’s foolish to let yourself be vulnerable to another person. They all leave in the end.

[decisiveconquest]

You sound as lonely as I feel.



Is there a way to make peace with it? (The loneliness. Daenerys can distract herself with sex and intimacy, but the feeling is still there like a rock or a hollow in her chest.)

[letoldthingsdie]

I know how it feels, yes. I don't know that there is a way to make peace with it, but this place isn't with out the means to forget for a while.

[decisiveconquest]

I haven't lacked choices or companions. But it's difficult not to fear all intimacy.

At least there is nothing to gain by my death here.

[letoldthingsdie]

It's hard to see a knife in the back. Fear makes you more cautious, I think. I'm not afraid of the act itself, but I haven't gone out of my way to seek options.

[He won't admit that the intimacy frightens him too. When he feels himself getting too close, he instinctively walls himself off again. It is easier to avoid being hurt if he doesn't allow himself to feel anything at all. Or so he tells himself.]

[decisiveconquest]

Between the two of us, you would be safe. I'm told Chroma can be made in many ways and you needn't fear intimacy with me.

(She will avoid it like the plague and sex is a fine distraction if he wants to go that far. Otherwise he can consider this an alliance or a friendship.)

[letoldthingsdie]

You don't really know me. Are you fine with that? For all you know I could be a monster.

[He isn't put off by the implication, but also doesn't make it a habit to have sex with a relative stranger. Coming to some kind of arrangement, if that is what she wished, would give him options should he and Rey find themselves at odds again. That was fairly likely to happen, if he's being honest with himself.]

[decisiveconquest]

I'm accustomed to monsters. (They will be a better fit if he is a monster, she presumes.) If you try to hurt me, my dragon will see you burned alive.

(There is that.)

[letoldthingsdie]

I'm not sure what I should be pleased to hear more - that you're accustomed to monsters or that you've already planned to give me a quick death.

[decisiveconquest]

I've always been a monster and burning isn't as quick as you might think.

[letoldthingsdie]

If we've both always been monsters, then that makes us a decent match, wouldn't you say? I'm not worried about dying - quick or slow. I have no intention of doing so, if we plan to have a long standing arrangement.