[ A little harsh, maybe, but frank rather than wintry, no emphatic show of teeth. She presses her mouth into a line, and says; ]
I do not trust motives I do not comprehend. When a man says he is king in one world but that it is a title he never asked for, and then pursues a title in this world, it makes me doubt this first thing, and question the second, and wonder what he imagines a sovereign should be. Had we not yet spoken, I would believe you as hungry for power as any other Westerosi lord.
[ But they had spoken. They'd shared. He'd been kind, and ceded to her authorities, such as they are, and she doesn't find the nature of his lie so incomprehensible, given givens.
More than ever, she wished Tyrion would return. ]
I believe you would help the city in another time of crisis, and I believe you would and can do so regardless of title. Perhaps you might pledge your sword, too, to its ambassador.
no subject
[ A little harsh, maybe, but frank rather than wintry, no emphatic show of teeth. She presses her mouth into a line, and says; ]
I do not trust motives I do not comprehend. When a man says he is king in one world but that it is a title he never asked for, and then pursues a title in this world, it makes me doubt this first thing, and question the second, and wonder what he imagines a sovereign should be. Had we not yet spoken, I would believe you as hungry for power as any other Westerosi lord.
[ But they had spoken. They'd shared. He'd been kind, and ceded to her authorities, such as they are, and she doesn't find the nature of his lie so incomprehensible, given givens.
More than ever, she wished Tyrion would return. ]
I believe you would help the city in another time of crisis, and I believe you would and can do so regardless of title. Perhaps you might pledge your sword, too, to its ambassador.