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[provoke]

Is it not the way of anger, to refuse companionship?

[ aemond was never disciplined by hand — no one would dare strike a dragon prince, save for his father and his mother, and otto only dares in utter privacy. no, aemond learns punishment through deprivation: the lack of touch, the lack of attention, the lack of any kind of recognition or affection or familial warmth.

he has suffered a great absence for as long as he can remember. ]

I'll stay for the cake. I'm not like to break something tonight.

[holyposition]

It can be.

[ He won't pretend otherwise. Tim gets hurt, storms off. Aemond knows this, it's the reason that Tim retreated into the room that Aegon occupies now, after arguing with Hawk about Danny's murder. But what he's done is no crime, is no offense against Tim, it's just self-flagellation, whether he considers it so or not. ]

But I'm not mad at you.

[ Just worried. ]

[provoke]

Perhaps you should be. I cause enough harm and hurt as it is, and I'm like as to do it again.

[ wouldn't it be easier to cast him aside, like all the others? it's a self-fulfilling cycle, what aemond does, and he recognises it. he doesn't know any other way to be. ]

I will join you. Tell me when you want me to be there.

[holyposition]

Do you WANT me to be mad? Trust me, when I'm mad, you'll know it.

As soon as possible. I want to eat it.

🎀 done!

[provoke]

All right. Give me an hour.

[ he has to emotionally prepare himself for this. not the cake, or the eating of it, but the sharing in tim's attention with the man he loves. aemond knows his place, of course, but he is a dragon - he knows his nature well, and a dragon's nature is to covet. ]