My sense is you are not so fickle as that. [ In friendship, or in temperamentβor perhaps more to say... he wants that not to be the case. That his instincts about the crown prince aren't wrong. That his friendshipβnot lightly givenβisn't to be pettily misspent.
Is it foolhardy to hope for in so short a time, to lean into his gut impression? Possibly, yet the majority of him doesn't believe so. It's been more difficult to put his finger on things about Prince Jacaerys that would sourly curdle his company. ] Nor am I.
[ All to say, no promises.
His temper runs just as hot and should he make Cregan wroth, who's to say if a dragon-blooded boy will learn what cold is truly like with closer inspection of snow and ice. Mayhaps a jaunt during the snowfall would sound very nice, accompanied by that dragon's rumbles and whines? A toothless jest to match, of course. (Or is it.) ]
That is more than the mutters of old children's tales, then?
[ Also not quite what he had half wondered with his query.
No matter. ]
Under better circumstances, you'll have a proper cloak, heated quarters, and the breadth of Winterfell's lands on your return.
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Date: 2025-06-17 04:12 am (UTC)Is it foolhardy to hope for in so short a time, to lean into his gut impression? Possibly, yet the majority of him doesn't believe so. It's been more difficult to put his finger on things about Prince Jacaerys that would sourly curdle his company. ] Nor am I.
[ All to say, no promises.
His temper runs just as hot and should he make Cregan wroth, who's to say if a dragon-blooded boy will learn what cold is truly like with closer inspection of snow and ice. Mayhaps a jaunt during the snowfall would sound very nice, accompanied by that dragon's rumbles and whines? A toothless jest to match, of course. (Or is it.) ]
That is more than the mutters of old children's tales, then?
[ Also not quite what he had half wondered with his query.
No matter. ]
Under better circumstances, you'll have a proper cloak, heated quarters, and the breadth of Winterfell's lands on your return.