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[beneficiary]

Isn't that convenient for you all? What are the terms of this truce? I have heard it from mother and now I will hear it from you.

[vermax]

That they have rekindled a friendship here? Perhaps it would have benefitted us all once.

Peace between us? Neither side acts. Daemon does not lay a hand upon your mother or Aemond, the allies she has made make no move.

[beneficiary]

More that it serves your side of the family better to have such a truce in place.

Only that he does not make a move? Or that you all agree to such a thing, and no-one is to harm another?

[vermax]

I won't deny that. But with your arrival, uncle, I doubt that will continue to be the case.

We have made our agreements. I have given my word to your mother as well as mine.

[beneficiary]

Then I am beholden to the truce, despite not being a part of the discussions that led to it.

( Which truthfully, is a pain. It has only been weeks since Jaehaerys and the wounds still cut deeply. )

And you have all been here some time I have heard?

[vermax]

It was a cruel game that solidified it, not the discussions. If there is any consolation, I missed most of it as well.

Yes.

Our mother’s the longest. Aemond, Baela, Daemon and I but three moons.

[beneficiary]

I have heard of this game, the one that held multiple murders.

And your thoughts on this place are?

( It's not an olive branch really, but Aegon is a little curious. )

[vermax]

I have your mother to thank that I was able to name my first killer.

That any sense of safety we may gain here is a falsehood. But I would enjoy many of the luxuries while we can.

[beneficiary]

Then one would hope you sent that thanks.

It is a gilded cage, one from which many say there is no escape. Has no-one yet to manage it?

[vermax]

In person and more than once for she also stood with Baela.

None. Even the ghosts of the dead were trapped here during the game. Leaving the gates is painful and you’ll find yourself back in your bed with an aching head before you know it. There are more pleasant ways to achieve that.