@snowing-willow (Fragmented)
“Good morning father,” Gerion greeted, never taking his attention off the book in his hand, as he took a bite of ham with the other. Adela yawned, running a hand through her messy, golden curls, and smiled at Tywin with a twinkle in her jade irises.
“Morning father!” She was rather chipper, though appeared tired, turning about to narrow her eyes, and smack the hand of her closest older brother, who barely paused in conversation with his twin to give the same greeting. Eamon didn’t even bother, merely an inclination of the head, and an acknowledgment with his eyes.
“Is mother still not up?” The youngest asked, from his place directly to the right of Tywin’s chair, still not looking up.
“I am, though only because your father found it adamant that the guard escort me down,” Willow replied, deadpan, and cast her husband a wry smirk. “What did we say about reading at the table, Gerion?” The boy sighed, placing down the tome, and took a bite of his eggs.
“Yes mother,” he grumbled, setting it off to the side. “You two know that Daenerys Stormborn won’t bend that easily.” He interjected into his brother’s conversation. “We might be able to make enough cannons, but I’ve already told you, they’re not accurate enough to strike one of those beasts out of the sky.”
“Gerion’s right you know,” Adela finally had enough mind to contribute, “a downed dragon might be a dead one, but you still have to hit it first.”
“I’m well aware of that.” Eamon groused, suddenly cutting them all short. “Gerion,” her turned his eyes on his brother, “didn’t you say your plans for the ballista were almost complete?” The younger nodded gravely.
“Our walls are the problem, even if the ballista shoot fast enough, and what I’ve come to gather about how far dragon fire travels is true… Well, our defenses have to handle the ground Unsullied forces.”
“Leave the defenses to me,” Ronin added. “They’re my strong suit, I’ll have our men ready and mobilized.”
Tywin sat and listened, nodded at everyone who said good morning to him, his head spinning as they called him father, what fresh hell was all of this?
The most hellish kind, it seemed, as they did not appear to be speaking in hypotheticals, it seemed there was an imminent attack coming. Danerys Stormborn and her dragons. He had heard tell of all of this, but it was always far away, and he wasn’t certain he believed half of the rumors. The dragons had been gone for centuries.
“Shouldn’t Tyrion be involved in this conversation as well?” Tywin ventured after a moment. He was uncertain if Tyrion even existed in this reality, and he was hoping, in the back of his mind, that they would look at him as if he were mad and ask who he was talking about.