Push comes to shove, do you think you will be given a choice? Beyond saying yes or betraying confidence, how else do you thinkβ
[ this is not westeros. the iron throne does not rule here. he must remember this and always, especially when it's most difficult to do so. they are not the ruling power here. they do not have command of the smallfolk, or the council, or the hundreds of thousands of lords and noble families that keep the kingdoms in order.
so many things he has taken for granted. so many matters he has yet to learn, or even begin to understand. ]
It has never been in question for me, that I will give all I am and all I have to my family. For our name and honour, for our survival if necessary.
no subject
[ this is not westeros. the iron throne does not rule here. he must remember this and always, especially when it's most difficult to do so. they are not the ruling power here. they do not have command of the smallfolk, or the council, or the hundreds of thousands of lords and noble families that keep the kingdoms in order.
so many things he has taken for granted. so many matters he has yet to learn, or even begin to understand. ]
It has never been in question for me, that I will give all I am and all I have to my family. For our name and honour, for our survival if necessary.
Is that not how you live?