❅ Ten (Video)

[stonebird]

(Drawn to the shore again, Sansa is perched on a rock with an open book in her lap - or, rather, an open journal in her lap. She is writing fluidly, recording her experiences and her thoughts. At any point, she could disappear and leave only the journal behind, she knows, thus there isn't anything too damning on the pages.)

I should begin writing songs again. (She pauses and smiles, glancing out over the sea.) There are days that I don't feel much like singing. I can't really explain why I feel that way. My situation here is far better than it ever was on Westeros.

(But...)

I feel as if my life is on hold. (She sets her pen aside and absently examines the ink on her fingers.) What do you value in life? What makes it worthwhile for you?

(Private to Lady Jeyne.)

Would you have dinner with me? I think we have much to discuss. My brother was...is...very dear to me. What happened to him changed my life forever. (Does Jeyne feel the same way? Sansa wants to know.)

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[laststartofall]

[He recognises her name. They've spoken before, though not face to face.]

I'd say... you don't need a reason to feel like you don't want to sing. Being in a better situation isn't all there is to making you feel good about things.

[Jet has a lot of feelings on that topic, but for now, he just smiles slightly.]

What made life worthwhile for me was being free.

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[stonebird]

(She recognizes his voice and accepts his wisdom. He has provided her with good advice before.)

I do not wish to seem ungrateful or greedy. Happiness comes and goes for me and I cannot always explain why.

(She blinks curiously.)

How do you define freedom?

[laststartofall]

Ain't always easy to explain. People have it wrong thinking happiness and sadness are opposite ends of a scale.

[It's so easy to flip from one to another. So easy to tell yourself you have everything you want and yet be sad... and also to have nothing but be happy.

That question's a good one, though.]

For me, freedom's always been being able to be who I am. No one telling me I shouldn't be one thing or another. We fought for that, back home.

[Fought for it. Died for it.]

[stonebird]

Those emotions used to be pure for me, but you're right, now they are mixed. I suppose it is a natural part of maturing.

(Or a natural part of living in a hellish world without the protection of people who genuinely love you.)

You did? How did you fight? Were you successful?

[laststartofall]

... No. [Jet's reply comes softly after a brief hesitation. They didn't fail, but they died, and that... is something he is still coming to terms with.]

We paved the way, but the war was won by someone else. A very important young woman.