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Then he's either overly confident in his abilities or he's about to learn a hard lesson. Anyone in this for the thrill of the game has more than a few screws loose. I'm just looking to get out of it alive.

You're taking the meeting alone? Alicent - someone should go with you if he didn't ask otherwise. Aemond, or - I don't know. I don't like the idea of you going alone.

You think you'd ever do it, if it was offered to you?

[immortality, he means.]

I don't think I would. People don't like the way I look at the world now - it'd only get worse with time. Makes me wonder how much he's lost all on his own, no fault of anyone else.

There's something overly confident about him. I don't think that facade is all it's cracked up to be.

Armand and I have an understanding of our own, and he has witnessed my sway among the guests now. He is not so foolish as to kill one who would be missed, particularly by his progeny.

[ daniel, who many seem to have forgotten in their hunt for a vampire killer. ]

And Aemond cannot be trusted to behave among prideful men, besides. [ he pissed hawk off in .5 seconds. that’s talent. ] I have asked another of my allies to stay close.

I do not know. [ armand’s words in her mind: you would make a singularly excellent vampire. ] The whole of my life was decided the moment my father sent me to comfort a grieving king in my mother’s finest gowns. That is to say, I understand the desire to start again, as Daniel has.

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Yeah well, if anyone's going to understand him - I'm not surprised it's you. Diplomatic as always, your Highness.

I like him, you know. Not sure the feeling is mutual.

[YET!!!! he's working on it. dad audition still going strong.]

So I don't necessarily buy this place being - purgatory, or hell, or whatever Tim thinks. And I know it's not always the best, case in point: this game - but isn't it a way for us to start again too? Without having to drink from the fountain of youth.

I used to think getting exiled for who I slept with was the worst thing that could happen to me. Took being here to realize - living without the people I care about is even worse. I owe you an apology, for doing the same thing your father did when it came to Embry. It wasn't personal - but I didn't want to cause a panic, and I guess I let old habits die hard.

Didn't realize it was gonna be followed up with six others.

I'm handling Danny. What are we gonna do about the rest of the ones still out there? I haven't got a clue.

You need not lie for my benefit. I know my son is sharp. He has been the only barrier between our family and annihilation for too long to be anything else.

[ explanation, not justification. his actions are not always warranted, but perhaps they’re understandable.

at the mention of her father, she bristles. you could never hurt me the way he can, stinging against her teeth. otto hightower invented the game that hawk merely plays. ]

My pride will recover from your secrets. I cannot say my trust will be easily mended, when Alina paid the price for your choices. You must have known who was like to have harmed her and yet you still allowed to her to spin around in search of her killer, trusting none and risking all. Why?

Are those you love the only ones deserving of justice?

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I'm not lying. I wouldn't have given him my lighter if I didn't like him.

[of course it isn't about pride here. alicent isn't so foolish and nearsighted as to let a concept so petty be her main focus. i didn't know her doesn't seem like the right answer here, even if it's what he would have said in the past, brushed off as mere collateral damage.]

Of course not.

I made a judgment call - and I was wrong. There's no point making excuses when that's all they'd be. I should have trusted you - your family, everyone else with my secret. Embry's, really.

I am sorry.

It won't happen again.

[ when has any man ever acknowledged their mistakes and apologised? her father wouldn’t dare, her sons know such an admission to be weakness incarnate, and her councillors think themselves wiser than her, with her foolish heart.

it takes her a long moment to reply. ]

I want to believe you.

[ stupid girl that she is. no, she mustn’t trust him until he proves himself again. the damage done is too great. she can still feel the raised ridge of alina’s scar under her hand. how cruel it is to think yourself strong — a queen, a saint — and have a man ruin you for his pleasure. ]

Keep safe, Hawkins, for Tim’s sake.

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i'm just looping this in here sorry what is werewolf time etc

chaotic i like it

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