⟪ it is not a taunt, nor does it ring with the dull ache that, for once, is not caused by magic. it strikes her that this all may be easier with ghost present, and then sheifeels foolish for it. ghost is a catalyst, ghost is needed for the bond he has with jon, for the power she had offered to show him in a joining.
not for the simple comfort of scratching him behind his great white wolf's ear. ⟫
If I could bring him back, I would.
⟪ no talk of god, nor of him as her champion. just a truth. whether she feels as if she owes it to him, or if she hopes it will ease some trust of her into him, even she can't say. ⟫
When I first met him, he believed in no god at all, not false nor true. Why a man so removed from faith? Why you? Why not one of the hundreds of thousands of Essosi men who visit the temples – even if it is just to seek out the pleasure slaves, at least they have seen some shape of R'hllor.
⟪ for once, in a mixture of grief and frustration, she almost seems to have lost touch with her serenity, but it returns quickly enough. ⟫
Because he wills it. This is your answer. Have you not learned a lesson of life in your pain, your death? Will you not cherish it all the more now? I have told you this before: it is the heart that matters. And it learns from agony more than it does from all else.
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⟪ it is not a taunt, nor does it ring with the dull ache that, for once, is not caused by magic. it strikes her that this all may be easier with ghost present, and then sheifeels foolish for it. ghost is a catalyst, ghost is needed for the bond he has with jon, for the power she had offered to show him in a joining.
not for the simple comfort of scratching him behind his great white wolf's ear. ⟫
If I could bring him back, I would.
⟪ no talk of god, nor of him as her champion. just a truth. whether she feels as if she owes it to him, or if she hopes it will ease some trust of her into him, even she can't say. ⟫
When I first met him, he believed in no god at all, not false nor true. Why a man so removed from faith? Why you? Why not one of the hundreds of thousands of Essosi men who visit the temples – even if it is just to seek out the pleasure slaves, at least they have seen some shape of R'hllor.
⟪ for once, in a mixture of grief and frustration, she almost seems to have lost touch with her serenity, but it returns quickly enough. ⟫
Because he wills it. This is your answer. Have you not learned a lesson of life in your pain, your death? Will you not cherish it all the more now? I have told you this before: it is the heart that matters. And it learns from agony more than it does from all else.