{Room for both does not mean it is right or just to engage it.}
[ this is the correct answer. the prudent and wise answer that otto hightower would expect, because everything needs be cautioned. his grandsire is a man who would not want to upset the order of things, and it can be a fault of his, but there is wisdom in it all the same — to change things so greatly is sow chaos, and there is more than enough of that to go around.
but is there room for personal wants in such a system? surely there must be; rhaenyra found her way, even if it flies in the face of common decency. and his own mother found hers, too, in this strange place.
what is he trying to ask jace, in this very moment? ]
{The crown is its own master, as are our personal wants, and no one man can serve the two faithfully and be successful.
I don't want Aegon to poison this well, Jace. I don't even want my mother to perceive their existence beyond what I tell her. Tell me that this makes sense.}
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Date: 2024-11-11 12:03 am (UTC)[ this is the correct answer. the prudent and wise answer that otto hightower would expect, because everything needs be cautioned. his grandsire is a man who would not want to upset the order of things, and it can be a fault of his, but there is wisdom in it all the same — to change things so greatly is sow chaos, and there is more than enough of that to go around.
but is there room for personal wants in such a system? surely there must be; rhaenyra found her way, even if it flies in the face of common decency. and his own mother found hers, too, in this strange place.
what is he trying to ask jace, in this very moment? ]
{ The crown is its own master, as are our personal wants, and no one man can serve the two faithfully and be successful.
I don't want Aegon to poison this well, Jace. I don't even want my mother to perceive their existence beyond what I tell her. Tell me that this makes sense. }
[ he has no fucking idea what he's doing here. ]