[ there goes a really tight lacing at that question. ]

Pierce has his friends here now. [ can you hear the bitter anger in his voice as he says it? ] He invites me to meet with them. I've said yes, of course, it would be impolite to refuse.

[ aemond rests a firm, curling hand to the back of tim's neck. he doesn't mean to be threatening, but it's the only way he knows to externalise any emotion anymore. ]

Yet I do not wish to meet them at all.