What? Is that so hard to believe? I don't like being angry, and there's people that deserve it way more than you. [ Danny, Eddie, their violent, crazy friends. Daemon. Hell, Hawk would say he's well within his rights to be furious with Alicent now, even if he can't bring himself to feel it. ] Maybe...briefly, I wished Ash would dump you, actually. But only briefly.

[ He gets a snort back - that's an easier concession than giving Alicent away. But actual bodily harm, or...bizarre, unholy transformation? No, he would never be glad for that. The number of times he's had to talk Aemond down from stabbing him in the gut or dangling him out of a window should be a solid enough record on that.

Attentively, Tim listens to him, eyes locked on Embry even as he reaches for a half-full glass of water at his bedside. ]

I won't tell him. [ If Embry stays too much longer, he won't need to. ]

[ He knows Embry keeps the list of people he gives a damn about pretty small, and as he's unwilling to ask if he's on it, he sidesteps the question, keeping the focus on Embry. If he isn't, he won't go back on his word for him. ]

Do you think it's the house? Or just...the trauma of being killed?