something something alys representing the supernatural vs ser simon representing the natural world. push and pull. something something it's always ser simon waking daemon up from his trips and grounding him in a way...strongs in tune with harrenhal. it's just so interesting that ser simon grounds daemon. from his nightmares, when he sees laena, when alys cured daemon's hand... temptation/magic vs reality ? daemon's uncertainty of his role in the world vs what he actually is? also that now daemon seats among the strongs. like the house, harrenhal, is swallowing him whole. him helping restore it, making himself be part of harrenhal's walls and blood and mortar. putting something of himself in it.