Twenty-Fifth House of Westeros ♛ Dictated

[songsandstories]

Age is a thing to ponder, of what lies waiting for us back home. [She thinks of the Vale, and what is to become of Alayne Stone. Sansa Stark must be dead, she tells herself.]

Does the castle truly know what is to be if some did not age while others did? [Was it an omen?] I know little of magic, as its use has long since died where I am from. Perhaps this is but another trick. None can foretell the future.

I should have liked to grown old, though I have not an idea of what my father's wishes. [She is simply relieved to be away and free of Lannisters, let alone planning for what is to come. No doubt Petyr has something planned. She briefly thinks of Winterfell, the promise he once made.]

I have safety while Westeros is still torn. The castle would like me to believe that isn't so, I presume.

Comments

[fanstheflame]

Westeros ... that's your home, then, the one that's at war?

[songsandstories]

Westeros is the name given to the Seven Kingdoms and the land above the Wall.

[fanstheflame]

The Wall..... So, someone keeps your people penned in, too...?

[songsandstories]

No. Those above the Wall are wildlings. The Wall was built thousands of years ago, the reason lost.

[fanstheflame]

Huh. So is it just the Seven Kingdoms at war, or ... are they all fighting the wildlings?

[songsandstories]

I know not what goes on at the Wall. The Men of the Night's Watch guard the realm. The war is within the kingdoms.

[fanstheflame]

Oh. ... [he nods a little. it's sort of like everyone staying away from what happened to District 13 ... only, no one lives there anymore. everyone in District 13 is dead. which shows what he knows.]

As for whether or not the castle knows what's supposed to happen to us? ... Your guess is as good as mine. I didn't get any older.

[songsandstories]

Did you age?

[fanstheflame]

No, I was a nurse... and most of my friends didn't know me....

[songsandstories]

None seemed to take notice of me. [But that is how she likes it and how she tries to be here.]

[fanstheflame]

Did that bother you...?

[well, now he's going to feel bad that he didn't come looking for her]

[songsandstories]

I prefer it that way. [Both being Alayne Stone, or trying to be, and staying safe.]

[fanstheflame]

Well, I'm glad you weren't too bothered by it, then. It ... I really am starting to think the whole trick is to not let the things that happen here upset you too much.

[songsandstories]

It's not always easy to do that.

[fanstheflame]

Well, no, but ... that's what friends are for, here. To help you get over it.

[songsandstories]

I do not have many to share that with. [Perhaps only one, maybe two.]

[fanstheflame]

Well ... You can always talk to me, if you need to. You know that, right?

[songsandstories]

I shall remember that, Gale.

[fanstheflame]

Good. ... I'm used to keeping secrets, don't worry.

[songsandstories]

You must be a good friend then.

[fanstheflame]

I try to be, but that's more for my friends to judge, not me.

[songsandstories]

Mayhaps. But it means a lot that you offer it still.

[fanstheflame]

Don't mention it. I.... If I didn't have my friends here, I don't know what kind of person I'd be. [that's only half a lie. the Wrath virus had given him a shadow of a glimpse at that answer, and that, combined with Katniss' unwillingness to share his future, was more than enough to tell him he should he grateful for the people he knew]

[songsandstories]

Your friends are just as noble as you then.