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[It's later in the day and the bomb has gone off, but someone hasn't yet heard about it. He's got a slightly more pressing question right now. It's a good one, really.]

HOW DO YOU FIGHT A PERSON WITH A GUN????

[He's also kind of an older guy too. Texting doesn't come natural to him.]

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A QUEER WEAPON OF SORTS FIT FOR COWARDS ONLY

I HAVE BEEN BUSY

[He's thick. But not thick enough to say he's in prison on this strange device.]

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WHAT DOES IT RESEMBLE? I WOULD KNOW IF I MIGHT ENCOUNTER ONE.

[ for all of the man's many flaws, he does not doubt his bravery. ]

BUSY FOR DAYS ON END? I HOPE YOU HAVE NOT MADE A POOR CHOICE, FOR YOUR SAKE, IRON CAPTAIN.

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A CROSSBOW COMPACTED AND LACKING ANY MECHANISM

[Crossbows he could handle. But those damned guns...]

I HAVE NOTHING I REGRET

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AND IT IS MORE OF A THREAT THAN A CROSSBOW?

[ ...he mislikes the sound of this. while he is capable enough with a sword, he is no great warrior. ]

THEN IS IT SOME MANNER OF JOB THAT KEEPS YOU?

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IT DOES NOT NEED RELOADED

[and though the wounds might not be so bad as a crossbow bolt, they are harder to deal with.]

MAYHAPS I TIRED OF YOUR GRINDING TEETH

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AND IS IT AS SWIFT?

[ a true force to be reckoned with. ]

I ONLY GRIND MINE TEETH TO WORK OUT FRUSTRATION IT IS HARDLY THAT LOUD.

[ though he is never not frustrated. especially when living with an ironborn. ]

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SWIFTER THAN CAN BE SEEN

[maybe this isn't the time for this, but since it's out in the open...]

IT COULD WAKE AN ENTIRE FLEET

[How did Stannis ever get the drop on him at Fair Isle?]

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TRULY? IT SOUNDS LIKE A FORMIDABLE WEAPON INDEED.

[ it is always the time. why hide anything? ]

THEN MAYHAPS THAT WAS WHY I WAS DEFEATED ON THE BLACKWATER.

[ is that a jape? sarcasm? the world will never know.

still, at the least he knows that Victarion is not involved with this new treason, for his name was not mentioned. but he cannot help but be suspicious. ]

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YOU WOULD DO WELL TO LEARN OF IT

[That's an almost-sorta friendly warning. He doesn't like Stannis, but he dislikes him a lot less than two certain soft boys...]

I HAVE HEARD THE IMP HAS EARS LIKE HARES

[Clearly that's how Stannis would have been anticipated.]

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I CERTAINLY WILL. AND WILL ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT OTHER WAYS TO COUNTER THE THING.

[ a new research project. certainly, unlike many other men that he knows, he rather enjoys reading.

and he cannot help but note that the man gave him fair counsel, despite their animosity. it was something he would not forget, as much as he disliked him. ]

THE IMP IS A DANGEROUS MAN. I MADE AN ERROR IN UNDERESTIMATING HIM, AND SHOULD OUR PATHS CROSS, I WOULD NOT DO THE SAME AGAIN.

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[That might yet be useful, then. He has a healthy respect for what Stannis is capable of. He had thought he might yet still kill the uncrowned king, but he might make a capable ally yet. Teeth grinding and all.

But there's little point harping on about a weapon Stannis knows little of. It might reveal too much.]

A MAN SUCH AS HE FIGHTS AS HE CAN, WITH FALSE MOVES AND CRAVEN TRICKS

[He would kill the Imp if he met him, though he held no animosity against him. No, he would only do it to rid the world of such a vile creature.]

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[ perhaps a smart choice for the time being see Victarion isn't a complete idiot. for should he know of the other man's crimes, he might very well suggest beheading to the guard.

...for justice must always be served. ]

AND YET, SUCH TACTICS WIN BATTLES. I WOULD ALMOST RESPECT THE MAN.

WHAT CANNOT BE FORGIVEN HOWEVER, WAS THAT HE BECAME A TWICE-OVER KINSLAYER.

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[Victarion is not quick to give the Imp a pass on anything, but he has already made an agreement with his kin that one of their own must be dealt with. Victarion has prepared himself to become a kinslayer.]

HE MURDERED BOTH KING AND LORD LANNISTER AND LEFT THEM A CHILD KING. HE MADE WESTEROS RIPE FOR THE TAKING.

[And yet Stannis had been up at the Wall instead...]

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ONLY FOR ONE WHO KNOWS NOTHING OF THE TRUE WAR WE MUST FIGHT.

[ for what was the point of ruling Westeros if Westeros was only going to be invaded by wights and Others? ]

STILL, I SUPPOSE HE DID THE BOTH OF US A SMALL FAVOUR.

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[What was the point of ruling anything if the entire country was just going to cease to exist before anyone could take it? Damnable Storm.]

LITTLE IT MATTERS NOW. MAYHAPS THE STORM HAS WASHED AWAY ALL OUR SINS.

[Even those for which we were given no choice.]

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[ in the long run, maybe it was better for all the sleeping Westerosi. not that he would say such a thing out loud. ]

I SUPPOSE THAT IT HAS. BE THAT AS IT MAY, WE MUST FOLLOW THE LAWS OF THIS LAND.

[ if nothing else. ]

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I MADE A PACT WITH THE NATHA ONLY. I BENT NO KNEE TO THIS EMPRESS.

[And the Natha granted him the boon he asked despite circumstances. In his mind, that says enough.]