He's better at schooling his expression. When she'd met ser Jaime, she'd been snarling at him.
"Insofar as we can be, I suppose." Her tone is flippant. Warning enough to still maintain one's guard around him. "He didn't dispute my claim of it."
If he didn't recall that meeting in the Dragonpit, surely he'd have mentioned it. He'd had no qualms about laughing over his friend saving his life when she'd asked him how he survived.
"He told me something--about my father." It takes a moment to draw her thoughts together. "He said my caretakers likely thought it best to shield me from his terrors, but if I intended to become queen, I should be aware of what he'd done.
"He said that my father executed a man by forcing him to strangle himself as he tried to save his burning father." She's looking him in the eye, now. When they met, he said her father burned his family. "That you would know enough about it. Is it true?"
no subject
"Insofar as we can be, I suppose." Her tone is flippant. Warning enough to still maintain one's guard around him. "He didn't dispute my claim of it."
If he didn't recall that meeting in the Dragonpit, surely he'd have mentioned it. He'd had no qualms about laughing over his friend saving his life when she'd asked him how he survived.
"He told me something--about my father." It takes a moment to draw her thoughts together. "He said my caretakers likely thought it best to shield me from his terrors, but if I intended to become queen, I should be aware of what he'd done.
"He said that my father executed a man by forcing him to strangle himself as he tried to save his burning father." She's looking him in the eye, now. When they met, he said her father burned his family. "That you would know enough about it. Is it true?"