rebirth 17 | orb 1

[ladysarmour]

Please, there must be some sort of mistake. I've told them - I can't be a princess, I'm not even from this place, I've no rightful claim, I-I'm only a baseborn girl.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to do insult to the honor done me. Only I'm not sure what is expected of me in such a role, and…and I would very much like to go home.

[ There's an animal whine from somewhere out of sight, and a nervous look flitters briefly through Sansa's eyes. ]

The man said… It can't be true, can it, that death does not bind here?

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[ladysarmour]

[ lions. when she fled King's Landing she'd thought she might finally be safe. but Winterfell is gone, her family is dead, and the lions follow her even to other worlds.

Tortall isn't the Seven Kingdoms, she thinks. she's never heard of Pirate's Swoop and Olau; Casterly Rock is the Lannisters' seat. but even so, lions.

and suddenly she is so grateful to Lord Petyr for giving her a new name. ]

If...if it please you, I am Alayne Stone.

[shorterinperson]

I am Sir Alanna. It's a pleasure to meet you, my lady.

[ladysarmour]

No-- The honor is mine.

[ brave. i am a stark of winterfell. winter is in my bones. i must be brave. ]

[shorterinperson]

[ She looks just as happy about stupid pleasantries as Alanna feels. She coughs. ]

If you've any interest, I've been teaching anyone willing how to use a weapon.

[ladysarmour]

A weapon? [ poison is a woman's weapon, and tears, and what lies between her legs. then it registers - a knight, a weapon. ]

No! I, I couldn't, it would be unseemly.

[shorterinperson]

Don't be ridiculous. Anyone can wield a weapon with proper instruction. Nobody can hold it against you if you want to learn to defend yourself. [ Well they could, but they would get a stern talking-to. ]

[ladysarmour]

[ she sounds nothing like a Lannister ]

It is good of you to offer, but I must decline.

[shorterinperson]

The offer is open, if you change your mind. I'm in the training fields every day, just about.