❅ Seventeen (Text)

[stonebird]

Have you ever been in love?

(This is asked late one night and it might seem frivolous with the current concerns hovering over the populace of Hadriel. Yet Sansa believes love is important no matter how long someone lives - or where they are imprisoned. Besides, she had a taste of love recently and it's a frightening - and exhilarating - change of scenery for her.)

Can it last?

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[stonebird]

I've yet to choose right and I'd rather not cause her grief accidentally.

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[unphase]

I'm sure you don't.
But if you love someone, you have to trust them, too.
Trust that they'll tell you what makes them happy, what makes them sad.

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[stonebird]

Imagining a relationship like that reminds me of one of my stories. I'm sure it's possible, but I've never experienced it.

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[unphase]

Just because you never have it doesn't mean that you never will.
Love is worth taking a chance on.
It's not easy.
Nothing worth doing is ever easy.

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[stonebird]

I will try to believe in the possibility if nothing else. But this time, I will not be forced into a marriage nor will I enter it with my eyes closed.

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[unphase]

Forced into a marriage?
That sounds awful.

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[stonebird]

It happened twice.

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[unphase]

Twice?
Grife, that's awful.
Were you at least able to get divorces?

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[stonebird]

I don't think the first will mind us separating; he was forced into the marriage too. And the second is dead.

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[unphase]

Yeah, sounds like he'll be okay with a divorce.
That's good.
How did the second one die?

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[stonebird]

I fed him to his dogs.

He refused to feed them, so the poor things were starving and he -

More than deserved it.

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[unphase]

[whatever it was she was expecting, it was not that. it takes a moment to respond]

Whatever happened that made him deserve it, I'm sorry that it happened.

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[stonebird]

I know it sounds extreme, but he was a monster. My world is safer without him.

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[unphase]

[that part, she does get. there are some people her world would be better without, too. and then she feels ashamed for thinking so, where she's from the death penalty is something from the distant past]

Then it's a good thing he's gone.
Some people, nobody would miss.

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[stonebird]

(In Westeros, it's about survival. If Bolton had lived, he would have found a way to torture her and Jon later.)

My family and my people are safe. That is what matters.

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[unphase]

[it may be about survival in the United Planets, too. if the White Triangle have their way, all but them will be slaughtered]

You're lucky to be able to say that.