ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀɴᴅ sʟᴇᴇᴘ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴍᴇ

[persequor]

ᴘʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ
I feel like I'm going mad. I keep forgetting things. This morning I woke up and I couldn't remember your voice. [ her voice breaks. ] I kept trying, but it was gone. I couldn't remember it at all. I was really scared. I thought I was going to forget you completely. I don't want to forget. If I forget… [ she trails off. quieter, she continues. ] When will you come, Father? We need you here.

[ A pause as she tries to add some semblance of happiness to her voice. ] I'm doing my prayers every night, Father. I'm working. I earn mine own coin now. And I've got really good with Needle. When you get here, I'll show you. I'll make you proud, I promise.

I wish you were here.


ᴅɪᴄᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ
How normal is forgetting?


ᴀʟʟᴇɴ ᴡᴀʟᴋᴇʀ
[ considering how curt and frantic she had been, she figures she owes him an apology. ]

Um, I'm sorry. For my behavior that night. And...thank you.

Comments

[persequor]

What do you want to talk about?

[selfless]

If it's okay, I'd like to know more about you. Since we just met... there's a lot I don't know.

[persequor]

What do you want to know?

[selfless]

Hm... where do you come from?

[persequor]

The North.

[selfless]

North of what?

[persequor]

The North. It's part of the Seven Kingdoms.

[selfless]

Oh, I see. [she's going to go out on a limb here and guess]

Is it very cold there?

[persequor]

Sometimes.

[selfless]

What was the name of the town where you lived? Oh, unless... did you live in a city?

[persequor]

I lived in a castle.

[selfless]

Y-You did? Are you a princess? [because that's kind of cool]

[persequor]

My brother was king.

[selfless]

That's amazing... [although she does pick up on that word, 'was'. But she doesn't ask, it seems inappropriate to pry. At best it's an awkward conversation, and at worst...]

Um, back at your home, did you have any pets?

[persequor]

How many more questions do you have?

[selfless]

I hadn't really thought of specific number...

I'm sorry, am I asking too many?

[persequor]

Yes.

[selfless]

Okay then, I'll stop.

Would it be okay if I asked more questions at another time? Oh! That was a question too... [ffffff] Um, you don't have to answer that one.

[persequor]

[ What even are you, Colette.

She falls silent long enough it might seem like she left or closed the journal. ]

Nymeria's the only animal I've ever had. My brothers found her and the rest of the litter in the snow. Her mother had been killed. Father let them bring the pups home. Six direwolves, one for each of my brothers and my sister and me.

[selfless]

[ah... she's quiet for a second, and when she replies there's a distinct soft smile in her tone]

Wow, there were six exactly? They were so lucky that your brothers found them.

[persequor]

They were.