mhm

Except, Maekar loves his bookish baby. Aemon is his precious boy whose favorite pastime is sitting in his daddy's lap and being read the histories of Westeros and dragon epics. So what if he fumbles a bit on the training grounds? He already has Daeron and Aerion (Daeron was a knight at the trial. I feel like Daeron was more stable in his younger years so no concern to Maekar yet). Not all children are meant to be knights, nothing wrong with being a scholar like his grandfather. He says this proudly, ignoring his older brother, seething because for years this brat was calling him a eunuch because he was “swordless” for so long.

"He is already learning his letters! And he's only three! He's a genius. 😚”

"...I was two when I started."

"Lol, guess you were born a nerd."

Best believe Aerys and Brynden was going to Daeron, and saying, "Hey, how about we send Maekar's son to the Citadel since he has so much potential. You were saying yourself that too many dragons are dangerous." And Daeron agrees and sends Aemon away.

(Maekar finds out about what they did, and Baelor and Rhaegal have to hold him back from beating the shit out of kin.)