i was trying to see the cards that you won't show. / myrcella to gendry
❛ cards ? show ? wha' — ? ❜ agitation couldn't even fully cover the scope o' what he's feelin' right now.
there's confusion, he reckons, and a bit o' fury there, 'ven though he doesn't want t' feel that, he doesn't. 'cause he knows what that looks like, and it ain't pretty, rage, even if many men said that tha's exactly what won the war against the dragons once. that robert baratheon was the most o' his house he could've become: he was strong, and mighty, and righteous. and when he brought down that war hammer t' the plate o' rhaegar targaryen's armour, the last livin' dragon that could've opposed him on the battlefield, there was fury in it strong enough, it quelled the power o' the dragon dynasty right there.
rhaegar targaryen died, and in his death, a new kingdom was borne.
this is no place o' fairytale such as that. fury may works as tool t' bridge the bonds of fightin' men with stories like that, but people often forget that outside of it, all tha' rage, all tha' temper ... it just ruins. gendry doesn't want t' ruin this, 'ven if he barely has an idea, he hasn't, of what this is. people are callin' him m'lord and suddenly treatin' him with more respect than he deserves, but it's ridiculous, is what it is. they just wanted a tool, they did; another baratheon they're hopin' to fashion, to end, the dragon dynasty once more. it's sickening.
❛ wha' are y' talkin' about ? ❜ the frantic in his voice is true, as gendry comes forward, surges t' touch myrcella's shoulders in his panic. any other time, he would've minded his manners — this was a princess — though he's far too hasty t' consider properly. ❛ i've got no cards here, m'lady. i'm uneducated. i'm baseborn. surely they can't just name me legitimate like that, could they ? ❜
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