I don't know. [She had to laugh at her own naivety. Westeeos had been put aside, but given how things descended, that seemed impossible.] I stayed to keep the newly freedmen safe, so they wouldn't be reenslaved and the city could have peace. I capitulated, tried to make myself more palatable. I even wed one of the men from a noble house. Anything to avoid bloodshed.

I think I forgot myself there.

[He was offering some comfort and it didn't escape her notice. He was a stranger, yet she was pouring out all her troubles on him.

Perhaps because he was safe or because she needed someone other than visions. He didn't seem bothered.]

Maybe I'll find a book on dragons there. I think I need that badly.