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eswareinmal2012-10-01 11:23 pm
warewolf) wrote in eswareinmal2012-10-01 11:23 pm
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Orb, Day 2 of the Great Heat's Beginning
[Kay looks tired. His injuries haven't fully healed yet -- there are some bandages visible above the neckline of the tunic he's wearing. It looks like he's done his best to hide them, but not quite succeeded.]
So, uh...I've got this horse, and...does anybody want it? I mean, I'm not going to do anything with it. I can't freaking ride a horse. So it might as well go to someone who can, right?
I can get around just fine without it, and I don't have a clue how to take care of the damn thing. Someone take it off my hands already. Same with this sword thing.
[He holds it up, turning it back and forth in the light, looking at it.]
I don't need it. I don't even know if it's any good. But if I keep it, it's not gonna kill anything but dust bunnies, because it's not coming out from under the bed, you know what I mean?
Any takers? I'll trade you something for them.
So, uh...I've got this horse, and...does anybody want it? I mean, I'm not going to do anything with it. I can't freaking ride a horse. So it might as well go to someone who can, right?
I can get around just fine without it, and I don't have a clue how to take care of the damn thing. Someone take it off my hands already. Same with this sword thing.
[He holds it up, turning it back and forth in the light, looking at it.]
I don't need it. I don't even know if it's any good. But if I keep it, it's not gonna kill anything but dust bunnies, because it's not coming out from under the bed, you know what I mean?
Any takers? I'll trade you something for them.
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Not much, ser. Only the words of a King or Queen. There may be many 'knights' but fewer true ones.
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[Well that wasn't quite the truth; people were knighted sometimes, but somehow he doubts Sir Ian McKellan is Daenerys' idea of a true knight.]
It's ancient history for me.
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[ sadly ser gandalf did not qualify for dany. ]
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[He wonders if she's from the past or something. Despite the dragon, Kay thinks it's possible -- who is he to say that dragons didn't exist in medieval Europe?[
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[ daenerys isn't certain what she thinks of that. you cannot simply choose anyone for not everyone is suited to rule let alone have the compassion necessary for it. or the fire, she thinks, and watches him carefully. ]
I have never heard of such a way.
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Daenerys will see that Kay doesn't find the subject particularly interesting, and would rather get the explanation out of the way quickly. He starts talking with his hands. ]
Everybody chooses them. It's like...okay, so a couple of people volunteer to be leaders, and then everybody votes for which one they want. We've done it that way for three hundred years.
[Kay doesn't care that it's actually closer to 200, or 250. See? Barely passed World History.]
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An interesting world indeed. My kingdom has never known such ways.
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Oh.
That's cool, I guess.
[Meeting a queen is kind of neat. Like meeting the Queen of England, but more legit. Kay is also deeply glad he has not already put his foot in his mouth talking about monarchy vs. democracy.]
So it works for you. The whole royalty thing.
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It works best when it betters the kingdom. As my kingdom stands now, being ruled and fought over by usurpers does it little good.
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Did you get a chance to actually rule it before they kicked you out?
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Now, I alone remain, the last of the blood of the dragon.
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...I'm sorry. It's rough, losing your family.
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They did not even spare babes. Yet they were raised up as 'kings'. Westeros shall know of it's true queen soon enough.
I thank you, for your words. I hope you are not familiar with such a loss.
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As for his own family...Kay opens his mouth, takes a breath, then shuts it. A lot of things run through his head -- his mother's suicide, his sister being taken away, and the fact that just a week ago, he found his father again because his father was manufacturing what was basically a vampire army...]
Not...exactly, no. Let's not talk about my family, okay?
[Time for a subject change!]
So do you have a name? Something more personal than True Queen of Westeros?
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Daenerys. I am called 'Khaleesi' by those who know me.
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So which would you rather I called you?
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Khaleesi.
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[The "ma'am" sounds like a joke, the way he's saying it, but not a mean one.]
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How long have you been here?
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He laughs, a little self-consciously.]
Three days. It's funny -- it feels like a lot longer.
[And he'd already gotten himself into trouble, as the lingering injuries from that ice tower showed. It said something about Kay that he couldn't go three days in a new place without getting in a fight.]
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[ she furrows her brows ]
It might be wiser to keep your horse.
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I already said I couldn't ride it or take care of it, so really, neither one of us is doing the other any good. Why should I keep it?
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