"I suppose I should not blame you. You never had cause to believe your sister would betray you before now."
She counts herself lucky in that regard; Viserys had shown her very early what a sibling would do for the sake of more power. She'd let him do it; she'd thought her brother would secure their safety, and so she'd been willing to endure a hundred small slights right up to the day he'd told her exactly what he was. Jon had been raised by a loving family. They'd protected one another as she and her dragons had.
He would've learned, given time. But he hadn't. It's why she can't fully forgive his mistake even knowing he hadn't willingly turned against her. She's still quiet, still doesn't move from the chair in which she sits, but her devastation at having to act as she had this evening creeps around the hard edges of her voice.
"What I don't understand is why it had to be now. Why you couldn't have chosen to wait to tell your sisters if you were so set upon it."
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She counts herself lucky in that regard; Viserys had shown her very early what a sibling would do for the sake of more power. She'd let him do it; she'd thought her brother would secure their safety, and so she'd been willing to endure a hundred small slights right up to the day he'd told her exactly what he was. Jon had been raised by a loving family. They'd protected one another as she and her dragons had.
He would've learned, given time. But he hadn't. It's why she can't fully forgive his mistake even knowing he hadn't willingly turned against her. She's still quiet, still doesn't move from the chair in which she sits, but her devastation at having to act as she had this evening creeps around the hard edges of her voice.
"What I don't understand is why it had to be now. Why you couldn't have chosen to wait to tell your sisters if you were so set upon it."