his eyes meet theirs through their masks; both refuse to yield. " you were not invited. your people were not invited, for a good reason. " maelor finally speaks, voice stern, although his eyes search for something in the other's he could use, hold on to. all those qualities in victaria he had found enticing back then have now come back to haunt him. " what were you thinking? sigrin the skull breaker, i know.. but do you truly believe in him, as your king? or is it only chaos that you seek? "
he had done his best that he could, to attempt to mend relationships between westerlanders and the ironborn that was cut too short before even something resembling progress could be made, but he had all those plans in his mind, that now had no chance to happen, ever. " are the consequences that are to come worth it? have you considered them? vaeron will never give you independence, nor will any mainlander consider sigrin a king. he is nothing but a pretender to anyone else. is it war that you seek? " the words rush out of his mouth, while tone is low only for them to be heard, maelor cannot help the passion mixed with worry that overwhelm him.
why isn't he calling for the guards, truly? he does not even have to wonder. what he'd had with victaria was.. special. neither lovers nor bestest of friends, perhaps something in between, someone who had enchanted him, someone he could relate to, share a special bond with until they moved on their own paths, especially maelor. yet, the bond remained, for something beneath him despised the idea of the harlaw getting hurt, thrown in the dungeons or losing their head.
" because i care for you. " the velaryon finally admits, for it is both in their nature to be blunt; him, when he was around victaria, at least. king's landing demanded too much mind games and pretense out of him to survive. " and i do not wish to see you dead.. which goes beyond your own personal skills as the warrior i know you are. " with the pompous tyrell lord suddenly strongly involving his house and his people in ironborn matters, with house lannister about to join forces with house tyrell fully, what could this mean for the future?
it is something maelor wishes to bring up, to warn them at least, but he cannot do so. " i ask of you.. do not do anything stupid or reckless tonight. " his tone is soft now, almost defeated, hands almost reach out to grasp their face out of habit, though maelor resists it.