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[ she’s not fully satisfied with his answers in the matter of tim, but they’re a start. ]

Then I am glad for you both.

[ hawk can’t know how close he hews to a gaping wound. one of her sons will die and has informed her thusly. another lies abed, the stranger hovering over his ruined body. she has lost a husband and grandson already.

she will not stop losing until there is no one left to mourn. ]

Three. Aegon is my eldest, Helaena after him, and then Daeron is my youngest.

There are others of my husband’s line here now, but none who would protect me or mine. Indeed, my goodbrother Daemon took my grandson from this world mere days before I arrived, and now he breaks fast at the Balfours table.

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[christ, and he thought his family matters were complicated. none of this seems like it bodes particularly well though for the state of the manor.]

Daemon. Haven't seen him around. Yet.

He killed your grandson? On what motive?

Listen - if they're here, it sounds like you and yours are going to need some extra protection, or some mediating. If ever there was a place to let sleeping dogs lie, it's here. But that's easier said than done, especially with someone new in the mix who hasn't been through the shit we have.

...Pardon my French, Your Highness. You get what I mean.

[unapparent]

My son took his wife’s boy from this world, and long before that, her boy took mine’s eye. Accidents all, until Daemon enacted his revenge.

[ an eye for an eye, a son for a son. she does not believe aemond meant to kill rhaenyra’s boy when their dragons met above the storm. she does believe daemon intended to steal one of her children as recompense and seized upon a babe in his cradle instead. ]

I do, Hawk. I have agreed a truce with Daemon’s wife, my childhood companion the princess Rhaenyra, who is the rival claimant for my son’s throne. I do not wish for any here to be drawn into another land’s war and have sworn my son to peace thusly.

With our numbers as they are, however, they would be fools not to consider a strike. I would be glad to count you as my ally, if only to deter any violence.

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Christ, and I thought my family had issues.

[there's no surprise that she's been hard at work securing truces in all this time. frankly, he'd expect nothing less from a queen and an intelligent one at that with such a complicated history. but he refrains from the usual compliments, not wanting them to ring insincere or trifling.]

Look - you've been good to Tim. And me, all things considered. Consider me on your side whenever the next shitshow rolls around. As for the rest - I'll count them as neutral until you decide otherwise.

[unapparent]

Thank you, Hawk. Know that my son and I will help you in whatever way we can, just the same.

You and Tim have both been good to me.