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I’ll not congratulate anyone for the beginnings of this cure.

[ Oh, look, it's that guy who pisses everyone off. The corner of his mouth quirks into a cruel smirk, but his teeth are clenched too tightly and his eyes burn too fiercely for any proper smile. It’s a struggle for him to remain as guarded as he would prefer, and there are cracks in his armor: he’s clearly angry and upset. ]

My sister was among the ill. Was. I have been informed that she has since returned to the pods—still uncured.

[ He tries to keep his tone even and cold, void of emotion, but his voice breaks ever so slightly. He and Asha weren’t close, not like he’s known siblings should be, but it’s a deep cut to be abandoned again, and it hurts to know that one of the few people he felt he could trust in this place is gone. Clearing his throat, he continues.]

Which leads me to the question at hand. What reason do I, or the worried, or any of the ailing, have to trust the maesters here? Healers--whatever name you may know them by. Months, this has gone on, to the point where someone is gone and remains unhealed.

[ He knows better than to critique those who have done nothing but help, but his anger is directionless otherwise, so he chuckles cruelly, and that cheshire smirk widens. ]

They’ve been all but useless.

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IT HAS BEEN BUT A MONTH OR TWO THEON GREYJOY. THE GREAT SPRING SICKNESS KILLED FAR MORE AND WAS NOT FULLY CURED FOR YEARS.

[ he can't exactly say he's sad to hear asha sleeps again. ]

We are not in Westeros.

[ He won't wait years and lose the few people he genuinely cares about. He's urging these people for a reason. He's concerned, and he's frightened. ]

NO, BUT THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME, IS IT NOT? PERHAPS EVEN MORESO WHEN THE DISEASE IS MAGICAL IN ORIGIN.

[ but he supposes in a way he can sympathize. if Robert or Renly were awake, he certainly would have not been content about them being struck down, despite their disagreements. ]

[ He is really not in the mood for this, Stannis...He's even weathering Ramsay better than he's weathering you right now. You just frustrate him, and it feels as though you're yelling at him. ]

My sister was not fond of you. Nor am I.

[ It's not the most mature response, but it's true. Asha did tell him that he had been captured by Stannis Baratheon. He never worked out if he believed her or not, but he thinks it must be true. Asha was one of the few people who believes Winterfell happened the way Theon recalls it. Why would she lie to him? ]

NOR AM I FOND OF HER, OR YOU, TURNCLOAK. BE THAT AS IT MAY, I MERELY SPEAK THE TRUTH IN THIS CASE.

[ it was foolish to expect that such a thing would be so easily remedied. there were few things worse than a traitor, but a traitorous fool might very well be one of them. ]

Yes, she made that quite clear to me, thank you.

You do not speak the truth. You speak what you know of Westeros. You know nothing of this place.

[ It's true that Theon is a traitor, and he is a fool, and his anger makes him all the more difficult to speak reason to, but he feels he has something of a point here. ]

YOU ARE FORTUNATE THAT THE BASTARD IS NOT AMONG US, TURNCLOAK. FOR AS MUCH AS YOU DISLIKE ME, HE IS FAR LESS MERCIFUL THAN I.

[ another statement of fact. it really was a shame he did not have the chance to kill Ramsay Snow before the Storm hit. ]

AND YOU KNOW MORE? I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR CITADEL, FOR A TIME. DISEASES ARE THE SAME, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE FROM, AND THEY STRIKE BEGGAR OR KING.

[He's been following the talk between Reek and Baratheon with no intention of responding, until...

bastard.]

I'd heard the Baratheon line had one son who was less a fool than his brothers. A shame the rumours were wrong.

AND WHO ARE YOU TO SAY SUCH A THING?

[ an immediate wave of suspicion washes over him. but, that is entirely normal for Stannis. ]

TELL ME, STRANGER. WHAT DID YOU FIND FOOLISH? THE FACT THAT DISEASES WORK ON ALL, OR MY WORDS ABOUT THE BASTARD OF BOLTON? EITHER WAY, IT WOULD SEEM YOU ARE ILL-INFORMED AT BEST, OR WILLFULLY BLIND YOURSELF.

I can see enough to know that the spread of disease shouldn't impact a man's health here, whether he's the once lord of storm's end or the son of a miller.

RIGHTFUL KING OF WESTEROS, STRANGER, AND BEFORE THAT, LORD OF DRAGONSTONE. STORM'S END WAS NOT MINE UNTIL RECENTLY.

[ though perhaps he is from the other Westeros, where "Stannis Baratheon" killed his brother and marched his wife and daughter into battle. ]

THE SPREAD OF DISEASE DOES NOT CHANGE. WHILE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH MAGICAL MEANS, IT WORKS THE SAME.

Rightful King of Westeros?

[ If you could hear him laugh...And yes, he knows. He knows he's a turncloak and he knows what he did and he knows that Robb died--in part because of it. His mockery of Stannis is very strange impulse, partially drawn from the part of him that is still loyal to Robb. ]

Did all of House Baratheon make their attempt to get Westeros to bend the knee? It didn't work out so well for any of you, did it?

AYE. RIGHTFUL KING OF WESTEROS.

[ and truth be told, he knows that the turncloak is right in a sense. at times, he wonders if all that has come to pass was his punishment for going against his rightful king and following his brother. but that is a foolish thought to dwell on.

regardless. ]

I YET LIVED, AND VERY NEARLY RECAPTURED THE NORTH, AS YOUR SISTER COULD HAVE ATTESTED TO. I DID NOT ASK FOR THE CROWN, BUT WITH THE LANNISTER WOMAN GIVING MY BROTHER HORNS, I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.

[ as was the tale of his whole life. ]

I've been told that your brother made the same claim. Which of you claimed to be more rightful?

[ Robb never made such a large claim. He only wanted the North, and he had intended to offer the Iron Islands independence from the rest of the North. That had always seemed fair. If only Balon hadn't rebuked the offer. ]

"Very nearly" will get you nowhere further than "not at all", and perhaps my sister could attest to it, if she were here to do so.

[ Wow, that bitterness. ]

RENLY WAS THE YOUNGER BROTHER. HE COULD NOT HAVE INHERITED BEFORE I, JUST AS YOU COULD NOT INHERIT BEFORE YOUR BROTHERS IF THEY STILL LIVED.

[ he would know. he was there as they fell, one by one. ]

SHE IS NOT. THOUGH IT MATTERS LITTLE NOW. WESTEROS IS GONE, AND ALL THAT REMAINS IS ITS PEOPLE. WE MUST ABIDE BY THE LAWS HERE, TURNCLOAK.

[ he is not a cruel man. but he is a blunt one. ]

And Asha should not inherit before me.

[ He doesn't say as much, but Balon clearly intended for her to do so. He raised her as an heir because his only son was indisposed. The ironborn make their own rules and do as they like. Asha was known to them, and despite being a woman, she'd proven herself. If Balon wished to make her his heir, they would accept her as such. ]

Aye, but no law says that I need respect you or your false title.

AYE. YOU WERE MEANT TO BE HEIR TO PYKE AND WOULD HAVE REMAINED SUCH, IF YOU HAD NOT COMMITTED TREASON.

[ if nothing else, he agreed with Theon on that point. he had been the rightful heir of the iron islands. ]

IT WAS NOT A FALSE TITLE. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. ONLY A FOOL WOULD ASK ANOTHER TO CALL THEM "KING" HERE.

A fool or not, you've no reason to ask another to call you "king" here.

You were a false king.

I WAS ROBERT'S TRUE HEIR. HE HAD NO CHILDREN, AND SO THE THRONE FELL TO ME. JUST AS IT FELL TO HIM THROUGH OUR FATHER'S MOTHER, RHAELLE TARGARYEN.

[ don't forget, he's a whole QUARTER Targaryen. ~~that's only a quarter less than Jon~~. ]

Aye, Joffrey was a false king as well.

All of you are. I do not care about your Targaryen blood.

[ He would call anyone but Robb a false king, tbh. He's just being petty. ]

YOU SEEM TO LACK UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT A "FALSE KING" IS, TURNCLOAK. BY LAW, I WAS THE TRUE KING

[ and the law is absolute. ]

I do not recall pledging anything to you, or to either one of your brothers, or to that yellow haired shit Joffrey.

[ Nah, man. The law sucks. AND YES, HE KNOWS. TURNCLOAK. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL HIM. ]

YOU WERE NOT THE LORD OF THE IRON ISLANDS. BE THAT AS IT MAY, I THINK IT WAS EVIDENT HOW MUCH YOUR PLEDGES MEANT.

[ for while he might have claimed loyalty to Robb Stark, did he not betray him in the end?

~~not that Stannis could relate to this, choosing blood over honour. nor would he dare to compare to the situations in his mind.~~ ]

You know nothing of any of it. You were not in Riverrun when I bent the knee, and you were not at Pyke when I turned my cloak.

[ He still feels loyal to Robb. Part of him despises himself for it, while part of him hates that he ever betrayed his best friend to begin with. It's square one, right where he was when Balon refused to accept Robb’s alliance. He’s made no moves forward. He’s only moved backward and blocked himself in. ]

You seem to lack understanding as well.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT TREASON IS. THE REASONS BEHIND IT MATTER LITTLE, THEON GREYJOY. HAD YOU FOUGHT FOR YOUR FATHER, OR ROBB STARK THE ENTIRE TIME, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN HONOUR IN THAT. INSTEAD, YOU CHOSE TO BE A TURNCLOAK.

[ for he can admit that unlike Renly, both Robb and Balon had their own claims to their thrones. but treason is treason. ]

TELL ME, THEN? WHAT IS THERE NOT TO UNDERSTAND? DID YOU NOT BURN WINTERFELL? DID YOU NOT MURDER BRANDON AND RICKON STARK? UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING I AM MISSING, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FACTS ARE SIMPLE.

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un:willem, hdu stannis

sorry bout that ramsay SNOW

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE SPACE GET OUT

FUCK UR SAFE SPACE

now i am here too whoops sorry stannis

um now who is invading who's safe space

everyone already invaded theon's safe space ): so. he does what he wants

DON'T U DARE BRING UP RENLY WHO HE DEFS DID NOT KILL

SURE, BUDDY. EVERYONE BELIEVES THAT

HE HAS WITNESSES HIS HANDS ARE CLEAN

ALRIGHT, BUD. LET'S ASK BRIENNE OF TARTH

SHE'S THE ONE WHO KILLED HIM.

ALRIGHT PAL. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANNA BELIEVE.

IT IS SO JOKES ON YOU

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