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Time alone with her mother also felt nice and she soon nodded at their words. "I sometimes like looking up to see how many stars there are," Rhaena let slip. The way each little sparkle she counted brought her joy, but also distracted her too. She'd already looked up plenty of times during the current walk as well. "It's very peaceful at this time of day too."

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"Volantis? I can hardly believe that my missive reached that far", Rhaenyra said, expression still stern. "You are a dragonseed then? Where is your dragon from?" Had someone smuggled eggs to Essos at some point in history? Rhaenyra knew not of such an incident, but it was perhaps possible. Nonetheless, she was too marked by this war to be too trustworthy and not yet willing to let her guard down. Neither were her sworn swords, who stepped closer when the stranger did, ready to halt her in her steps, but the Queen did not give the order just yet.

"I overheard it from others that were rather loud and drunk," she admitted. It was not uncommon to hear of events in Westeros that way, even it meant being a little delayed. "Yes, I am," she quickly replied. The other question did give her some pause though. Hesene didn't know if the Queen would believe her regardless of her tale. It was true to her and that was all she could go off of. "I do not where my dragon exactly came from. I just remember hearing roars in the skies from the west and then being descended upon by the dragon." It had been scary, but when the dragon didn't end up attacking her she'd accepted them.

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It may not be the same creatures that her own fascinations usually laid with, but the happiness her child displayed made her happy as well. "Perhaps next time we come outside you can find it again," she rested a free hand on Haera's shoulder. She made a note in her mind that she could get another book for her daughter to make her own notes and drawings. Another thing for the two of them to be able to do together, of course. "Maybe now it is time for us to head to our chambers?" she posed the question to her. "There may be a treat for us waiting inside." Helaena wasn't certain, but had hoped so as she had mentioned to her maids before they'd gone outside.

"... I'm sure."

Once she received that final assurance she nodded to her sister. After that passed she made her down the stairs before asking the guard to announce her presence and that of Helaena as well. "Forgive me Rhaenyra, but I've received grave news and our sister has wanted to come forth to you," she motioned for them to come forward. As much as she wanted to say it all she knew it carried more weight from Helaena herself. They wanted to pledge to their eldest sister and Rhaenyra needed to hear that from her. Daemon too, of course.

"You should come and meet her," Daeron proposed with a small half smile. That Vaella should get to meet her extended family is an idea he likes, he thinks, and Daella is a far more gentle alternative to some of his siblings. She will be careful. And their names after all, are similar, though that had not been the entire intention.

Once he brought up the idea of her meeting the baby Daella nodded, returning a smile. "That sounds like a great idea. I would love to meet my niece," her voice was gentle, sincere. Of course it did make her feel a little emotional, but that had all been from her current condition. Besides the nausea she had felt herself more prone to crying and heightened emotions. But at least it was early and she could chalk it other things going on around her.

"I think... I would like to know what it is like to be completely ordinary, just for a little while. I've never known another life besides this one."

Of course Beatrice spoke from her own personal experiences, but had felt Anastasia may share the sentiment. Hearing it officially confirmed made her nod a couple times. "In truth I have had dreams while sleeping where I had lived as an ordinary citizen. Other times I've had dreams where I was still the daughter of an actor though too," she shrugged before a soft giggle escaped her lips. Beatrice could never control her dreams so those ones were always quite sporadic.

Daeron was not so sure that he was going to be complicated. He still after all leaned onto his drinks. The dreams were always going to be a constant thing for him. He crossed the distance to a chair and set her carefully down. "There we go." He said softly. "Are you sure you don't need anything else?"

"There are tales of them in the bloodline." Daeron said. "Queen Helaena was one." Daeron said softly. "It is not every Targaryen so our child could be safe." Daeron said. There were days he wasn't sure if he was just mad or not. But if there was one thing he wanted it was that he did not want this for any child of his. It was almost as if being in two worlds which he had learned to mitigate with drinking. It made it easier for him.

francesca could BARELY keep the smile off her face as she caught @witchyxwoo's own smile. ❛❛ come, don't shy away. please. ❜❜ feeling BOLD she reached for helen's hands, stilling the nervous tremble. ❛❛ i am glad you told me, TRULY. i wasn't sure how to tell you myself. ❜❜

it had taken helen far too long to admit to herself that she had found a special person. she had always thought she'd end up maybe finding that with another man. but deep down there had always been signs. she had thought women were beautiful, but hadn't spoken out loud about it. not until francesca. of course the nerves were still there, but the other touching her hands had calmed her. "i think i was tired of being afraid. i wanted to be brave," she adjusted her hand to squeeze francesca's. "thank you."

❛  i  can’t  do  this  without  you .  ❜ ❛  it’s  not  safe  for  people  to  see  us  together .  ❜ ❛  please  don’t  leave  me  alone .  ❜ ❛  i  don’t  want  to  know .  ❜ ❛  just  go .   get  out  of  here ,   go .  ❜ ❛  i  can’t  even  trust  myself ,   anymore .  ❜ ❛  there’s  nothing  left  for  me  here .  ❜ ❛  i  still  need  you .  ❜ ❛  i  only  wanted  to  help .  ❜ ❛  why  are  you  doing  this ?  ❜ ❛  tell  me  it’s  not  true .   please .  ❜ ❛  i  have  to  do  this  alone .  ❜ ❛  how  did  you  get  this  scar ?  ❜ ❛  you  don’t  have  to  tell  me .  ❜ ❛  don’t  yell  at  me .  ❜ ❛  i  never  meant  to  hurt  you .  ❜ ❛  things  are  getting  bad  again .  ❜ ❛  you  should  go .  ❜ ❛  you’ve  said  enough .  ❜ ❛  how  dare  you ?  ❜ ❛  why  are  you  still  here ?  ❜ ❛  you  deserve  better .  ❜ ❛  i  don’t  want  to  talk  about  it .  ❜ ❛  how  can  i  fix  this ?  ❜ ❛  why  do  you  hate  me ?  ❜ ❛  i  just  want  to  feel  something .  ❜ ❛  don’t  lie  to  me .  ❜ ❛  did  you  ever  care  about  me ?  ❜ ❛  i  don’t  regret  any  of  it .   not  a  single  thing .  ❜ ❛  how  could  you  say  that ?  ❜ ❛  i  never  asked  for  this .  ❜ ❛  this  isn’t  you .  ❜ ❛  i  need  to  go .   i  can’t  be  here .  ❜ ❛  what’s  that  supposed  to  mean ?  ❜ ❛  i’m  not  sober  enough  to  talk  about  this .  ❜ ❛  thank  you  for  being  gentle  with  me .  ❜ ❛  how  can  i  possibly  trust  you ?   after  all  you’ve  done ?  ❜ ❛  don’t  run  away  from  this .  ❜ ❛  you  don’t  understand .  ❜ ❛  please ,  i  can’t  do  this  right  now .  ❜ ❛  can  you  forgive  me ?  ❜