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[vazyol]

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[vazyol]

Why the North?

[ a sincere question. ]

[steeledskin]

I would say that its people have suffered enough. But such an argument could be made of any of our lands. Instead, let me say that the North is...she is a creature unlike the other six. Her customs and her faiths are unique to her. Her children do not do well for themselves south of their lands.

I owe you another apology.

[vazyol]

You should know that I've no intention of causing suffering, only righting the wrongs of the past. My unsullied are not like the warriors of Westeros. They do not take pleasure in harming others, for they, too, have been harmed in unforgivable ways. They do not rape or pillage. They only act as I choose fit, and I'll not see Westeros bleed without great cause.

When I sail, it will not only be in pursuit of justice for my family, but also food for the smallfolk and mercy for the innocent. [ shout out to gendry for suggestion that first part. ]

But why must you apologize?

[steeledskin]

I apologize because I was dishonest with you. You proclaim yourself and name yourself and would bravely be identified for who you really are. I am not so brave; I am quite craven.

[vazyol]

You mean to say you are not Alayne Stone?

[ perhaps Alayne Snow, then, of the North ]

[steeledskin]

[ she is and she isn't. alayne stone -- it's hard to tell where one girl ends and the next begins. ]

That was not always my name, no.

[vazyol]

[ curiosity and impatience tug at her. this is all too coy. she wants the entire story now. ]

Then who are you?

[ my enemy? ]

[steeledskin]

Sansa. Of House Stark.

[ each letter is a miniature confession in and of itself. but it's still a lie -- for after all, she still insists on omitting her husband's name. ]

[vazyol]

[ sansa's actions take shape in her mind, particularly with regards to arya and ned.

the daughter of a traitor, a murderer — dany holds little pity for eddard stark, but perhaps she can muster some for sansa. a girl would not know better, as she did not so long ago.

after a significant pause. ]

I see. Was this charade only for my sake?

[ could someone fear her alone so much? ]

[steeledskin]

No. Not at all. [ indeed, she'd given the false name well before daenerys had given her honest one. ] It's a charade I kept long before we both found ourselves in this court. I want to trick the lions -- and tricking a dragon was never the reason for it all.

[ but the lie remained convenient to her so long as she'd been fatherless in this court. but now...now she could serve her father better by being sansa. ]

[vazyol]

[ The lions, a common enemy. ]

Then you and I have both hidden from lions in our time. How strong you must be, to have survived them.

[ and stags. ]

[steeledskin]

My advantage is less in strength and more in luck.

[ and in petyr baelish. ] Please, do not call me what I am not. I am to be honest now.