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Video 5 - Sewing Shop

[the video opens on the Sewing Shop, Margaery sitting in front of the camera with her legs crossed neatly at the knee and wearing this. there are three finished items on dress forms in the background and a small stack of bolts of fabric]

Hello, everyone! I wanted to let you know that the Sewing Shop is open for business. Please stop by if you need your garments mended or if you need something new that you can't find in the shops. I know how hard it is to find things that fit properly there.

I'm also available to give sewing lessons should you wish to learn! It's a very useful skill to have, especially here where anything can happen.

[Private to Abigail, Daenerys, and Maglor]

I have something ready for you. Feel free to stop in anytime to pick it up!

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[she sees Dany's pleased reaction and smiles. it's a rare thing that something she did makes another person happy. perhaps less rare since coming here, but still to be enjoyed.]

You're welcome. I'm glad you like it. [black not only absorbs all of the heat, it's too severe against her fair hair and skin and eyes] You can repay me by taking the Iron Throne and killing Cersei Lannister.

I will, and happily. [ Not only for Margaery, of course, but she's grown to appreciate the company of the other woman. ] Lady Sansa will be at my side when I do.

[ As Warden of the North, if Dany has her way.

(She knows nothing of Jon Snow yet, of course.) ]

Was it much trouble for you?

Good. I only wish I could be there to see it. [and Margaery appreciates her company as well. she feels that with Dany as ruler of Westeros, it will finally be in good hands] Good. She deserves her revenge on those who wronged her as well.

[the North could ask for none better.

she's only heard rumors that maybe he defeated the Boltons, but news from the North is rarely reliable]

No, not really. Getting the lace took a bit of persuasion, but Tranquility so far has been reasonable and fair.

We will make sure that your memory is not lost, and that your family is able to thrive again.

[ With Olenna Tyrell as her advisor, they could certainly manage it. ]

Has he? That's - good. [ She's never spoken to any of the gods - save for Delight - directly, but she trusts Margaery's judgment... enough. ] And what did you pay in return?

Thank you. Grandmother never liked the Tyrell House words, Growing Strong. But the Tyrells who are left will need to grow strong in order to deal with what's to come.

[she misses her grandmother every day. she can't help hoping that one month, her grandmother will arrive]

He asked me to calm the tempers of those who were upset. I've been trained to do that for years.

They are fine words, and they will come to pass. I will do what I can do ensure it.

[ The Tyrells are her allies, and so she will help them to grow and flourish as she comes to power, herself. ]

An easy enough price, if that's all he took. [ Margaery is bright and not at all naive, so Dany assumes she would have noticed if the deal was... more questionable than it sounds. ]

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You will have my eternal gratitude if you do. The Tyrells do not deserve to wither and die out.

[her grandmother's safety is paramount in her mind. Margaery fears that she will take too many risks, driven to extremes given her losses]

Yes, I thought so, too. Delight's price was easier--all she wanted was happy memories--but that traitor is best kept locked far away from the rest of us.

She is still a threat, while she lives, and I imagine that our emotions still give her strength. She should have been executed.

[ Dany is a big believer in justice and all that. ]

I agree wholeheartedly. Such treason shouldn't be tolerated from anyone.

And yet we have her locked away, and alive. She may yet escape and doom us all.

[ As she nearly had, once. ]

I'm sure she will at least try. Then we'll see how grateful she is for the mercy done to her.

I can only hope that the others - gods and captives - will come to see the threat that she poses.

[she sniffs delicately]

I doubt it. They're blinded by sentiment.

I spoke with her when it was allowed. She truly believes that her deal with the Null was for the best, no matter how many lives it would cost along the way. She said that by not cooperating with the Null, we've doomed ourselves. I have to believe that that isn't true.

As do I. I can only imagine that cooperating with them would be foolish.

[ And lead to the deaths of all, captives or otherwise. ]

Especially as they'd already vowed to kill a large number of the populace.

I have no love for the so-called gods, but I have even less for the Null.

I feel the same. At least the gods have provided us with more than threats and violence.

[ Usually... ]

I'm glad that you were able to keep yourself safe during that mess. I had no such protection, given that I told the Null to add my name to the list.

Why would you put yourself in harm's way?

[ The gods know that Dany is stubborn and defiant by nature, but they are no match against the Null. ]

They had children on that list. Children and the man I still love. How could I stay neutral in the face of that?

[she stayed neutral and even encouraged Joffrey in some of his urges. no more]

Because your death would not, and did not, stop them. [ Dany's tone is firm, but has a gentle touch to it. She understands. ] If you live, then you can take other actions to stop them. Hide and guard the children, be at the side of the people you care for.

[ It's too late now, of course, but... maybe it will spare Margaery another death in the future. ]

No, but after years of taking the path of least resistance, I felt the need to take a stand for something. [Margaery sounds convinced that she made the right decision] I lived anyway. I killed the Null I encountered. Many people here cannot say that.

[Margaery is assuming that the next time the Null come, they won't discriminate between those who did and those who didn't resist]

Next time they may not fall before you, Margaery. I have seen enough of the world to know that luck does not last you forever.

[ Even those most skilled in combat can be felled, after all. Like Ser Barristan. ]

Luck doesn't, but skill helps make up for when luck fails. I've had training and I continue to practice every day.

[she knows the long, hard hours her brother put in to become as good as he was. he made it all look easy, but it wasn't. she's under no illusions that she's anywhere near as good as her brother was and won't be for some time, but she's willing to put in the time and effort to become so]

That's wise. [ Dany needs more practice herself, but she isn't about to say that. ] I hope that it serves you well.

[the only way to improve is to practice] It will. I have already improved since the time of the Null.

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