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"Sometimes we must do things that we do not like because it's what must be done. It doesn't mean we must be overtly cruel because our hand was forced," Rhaenyra replied gently. "Do not lose who you are because of this."

"No one asked for any of this but you do what duty tells you to because you must. If you don't then why are you fighting so hard for it? Why not pass it to someone who might be willing to take that up and do what you cannot?"

"And what are you doing out here?" Rhaenyra asked, hands clasped behind her back as she stood beneath the tree. "I can leave if you need privacy."

"He is my brother. If you have an issue with him you will have to go through me," Daemon stated, hand resting upon Dark Sister. "Now, are we going to have a problem?"

“Now, then!” She plucked a grape from the bunch and bit into it with a grin, eyeing the patrons who’d noticed what she was about and were looking her way, “Who has a question they’d like the cards to solve?”