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[ today daenerys appears on the orb. what could be noted is that on her shoulder is the black dragon with the hot coal eyes. he seems a bit larger. while he is not the size of a horse, his tail is long enough to coil around her hip. for a minute he simply stares shrewdly at the screen before flapping off dany's shoulder, where she continues to read a large tome in her lap. she turns a page, pauses and glances up at the screen. ]

A strange place this is. In exchange for our freedom it grants us powers we would not know in our own realms. We would be marked as people we are not and told to fight great battles simply because it is the way of it.

[ her tone is slightly wry ]
I know true knights, and I know that some of you aren't, as much as I am no maegi.

[ drogon sniffs her book, as dany lightly strokes the top of his back, the ridges of his spine. ]

What of your homes? I would ask of your lands, if you wished to speak of them.

[ there is a pause ]

I would ask one more.

What do you believe makes a good King? If such people exist where you were before, what made them good?

{ PRIVATE; TO THE LADY ALAYNE }

[ in a gentler voice ]

My lady. You have suffered an ordeal here. Are you well?

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[Home. Ah. It's a tricky question for a person without a home, not a true one, not for a long time. There was the world she came from, details still fresh in her mind, though where Ginia would begin she wasn't even sure.

Then there was a world that had become her home, even as unnatural as the situation was. Yet the details were faded and blurry and holding on was an effort at times.

So Ginia falls to the second question.]

A good king, or queen, or any sort of ruler or president, is someone that listens to their people and maintains a balance between what is best for the land and what is best for the people. Sometimes the two will come into conflict, so a ruler must be able to keep a steady and clear mind. They should be kind, fair, just, and strong. Even if the title and power is theirs by birthright, though must prove they are worthy of the responsibility and burden they hold.

[ daenerys listens to this. she knows that she must be many things. wise, clear and honest. listening to her people. yet on the way of slavery i will not bend no matter how much they wish for their old ways. ]

And what if they do not know a good thing from a bad? The people of such Kings or Queens?

That is why no one rules alone. There are always advisors or a council or someone to confer with. A fool thinks he knows everything, a wise man knows he doesn't.

A ruler is not always surrounded with wise people, certainly not trustworthy ones. It is no small thing to place their trust in another.

This is true. Some might have good intentions, others might seek to rule themselves. While it's somewhat easier when one can choose the people surrounding them, even then it doesn't mean everyone around them can be trustworthy.

I have known both kinds of people. More bad than good, yet there are good.

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