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[kindlymeant]

It is not that I am ungrateful for your attention, my lady, though I cannot share in your renewed enthusiasm. I would have you remember, please, that even away from my lord father - especially then, perhaps - I must be careful to conduct myself as is befitting. I will not give him reason for disappointment, least not when I walk alongside such noble names.

As for - circumstances as they are, it is far better this way. That door may be closed now, as it should be, and so it shall remain.

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[kakolookiyam]

My lady, were every youth to hold their own conduct in such care, the gods themselves would snatch youth from men, as a gift squandered.

[kindlymeant]

[Her lips curve into a smile, brief as it is.]

I will not disgrace his trust in me, nor his guidance, my lord. Youth I may have yet, but I am a woman grown. [And I have learned not to bite the hand.]

[kakolookiyam]

Then you do your lord father a greater service than I afforded my own.

[It's troubled, somewhat. But a distant trouble, something accepted that nevertheless stings.]

Forgive me if I have offered offense. I only meant to -- [He starts again.] The greatest folly I have ever known was in pursuit of glory and prestige in my father's eyes. There is no harm in wishing to please him, but do not discount your own interests merely for the sake of his. Your life is your own to discover, and walking a path that is laid out before you will only lead you to despair.

[longshanks]

Strong words spoken from a brave heart.

[kindlymeant]

I - only seek to make him proud, my lord. It is no great feat of bravery.

[longshanks]

Many grown men steep their past in disregard. Great men, those in seats of power and respect, it is a rarity to discover one that upholds the honour of his bloodline.

Yet here you stand, little lady, doing just that for your lord father. Unprompted.

[robb]

And the cause of your renewed enthusiasm, Sansa?

[ He'll admit that you referring to the wrong Lord Father is putting him off a tad ]

[kindlymeant]

[Her face stiffens a little, her eyes lowering.]

You mistake me, your Grace. [Call me not by that name.] It is not my own enthusiasm, but that of my lady's. She says that she is grateful for the change in scene.

[robb]

[ But Sansa, it's not as if anyone is watching. ]

My lady likewise expresses the same sentiments.

This treatment after so long? I have missed you, you know.

[groosed]

Hey.

[kindlymeant]

[She eyes his hair in quiet amazement curtsies.]

My lord.

[groosed]

[His pompadour is worth ten of Eddard Stark, okay!]

Don't worry.

[seabitch]

[ Asha does not recognize her face, but one only has to listen to those words to name this girl a southron lady, a soft creature from the green lands. ]

Will it? That sort of door needs to be held shut with your own hands, not those belonging to someone else.

[kindlymeant]

And so it will be, my lady. Only I can be sure of the lock upon it. [And sure she must be, if she is to succeed.

There's something strangely, distantly familiar about the woman's face, enough to draw Alayne's attention but not enough to explain why.]

[seabitch]

[ she laughs a little. ]

And what of the key? If it is within your lady mundane's grasp, she might do you a courtesy and open that door and many others best left closed for you.

[lusciously]

[ the circumstance is easy to figure out, especially after witnessing — ]

Is it, really—?

[ with me around? ]

[kindlymeant]

[Her gaze is steady, level, but there's a tremour in her throat. Of course. She may have been able to avoid telling him, but he know that not all is as it seems. Tyrion, too, knows - but she thinks he will keep that to himself.]

It is, Professor. There shall be no needless trouble.

[bruxisms]

I would say that any time away from Lord Baelish is time well spent, Lady Stone.

[ Though, he cannot say the same for himself about time away from Westeros. ]

[kindlymeant]

...I must ask you, please do not speak so discourteously of him, your Grace. [Said with her head deferentially bowed, her tone nothing but respectful, because she understands his misgivings all too well.

Lies and Arbor gold.]

He is my father, still.

WHAT AM I DOING

[fleija]

And yet, doors can be opened by a simple push.

What would you do then, my lady?

SPLENDID THINGS

[kindlymeant]

This one will not be so easily opened, my lord, even if it is but my own hands that keep it shut.

in comes a lion

[omnipotence]

Were you to close one door, another will open.

Re: in comes a lion

[kindlymeant]

[It's

a lion.



Oh.


And yet, her unease does not stem from the fact that this is a huge and potentially very dangerous animal (one that talks, nonetheless), for circumstances lend themselves to - oddities. Her unease, that which drives her back one step, and then another, making her heart flutter like a bird, is born from the fact that he is a lion. Not one of Casterly Rock's, surely, but a lion nonetheless.

Stone or Stark, she cannot bring herself to love the lions.

But when she speaks she does so evenly, even if her stance looks a little too stiff, her eyes too wide.]

Others - to different places - [how does one address a lion?]

It would not be the same.

[debtsrepaid]

I was always under the impression that being away from one's father was a good thing. But perhaps Tywin Lannister is the exception.

[ He recognizes her, briefly. The girl from the dungeons, was it? He never did get a good look at her, but the way she spoke, her mannerisms, the way she conducted herself. She was obviously Westerosi; from his "World."

Few were at Hogwarts, and the ones who were happened to be thorns in his side. Unsurprising, but still... ]

[kindlymeant]

[And she is quick to dip her gaze, to can't her head just enough that a direct look at her face will be difficult to get.

She'll say nothing of Tywin Lannister, regardless of the sentiment in his words. Lannister sentiments aren't something she can trust, not even from him. Instead she shakes her head.]

Not - for me, my lord. My duty is with him, and I would not forsake that