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[triplerose]

[ It's late, and, save for the one source of light, it's quite clearly dark out. For a moment, there's not even any sound on the video apart from what trickles in from the late Wyver crowd on the street. Loras opens his mouth several times before he finally decides on which words to say. ]

My sister's decided to leave. That is, returning to stasis. I'll never fault her for any choice she makes. She's always thought things through completely before acting. I'm not entirely certain how I'll manage without her, really, and it's already very strange.

I suppose, mostly, I wanted to let everyone know. I know that she has many friends and I've no idea if she's spoken of this to many, if anyone at all. In case you began to wonder what's become of her. I've got faith that she'll return again when the time is right.

[ There's another lull of silence before the video ends. ]

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[reek]

Of course you wouldn’t.

[ He smirks, and in truth, Loras is mostly correct. He knows nothing about Loras or his sister. He was genuinely sympathetic when Robb and Arya returned to stasis. He knew them. He was close to Robb and he was there when Arya was born. He can’t find it in him to fake compassion. There is a tiny piece of his sympathy that is legitimate, and it comes from one lonely, abandoned brother to another. That’s all. ]

I do not believe there are two. I believe there are a number of liars from Westeros, Lord Stannis among them.

[ He cannot recall how many sons Lord Mace has, and that’s lucky for him. It would drive him mad if he could actually recall Garlan and Willas. ]

[triplerose]

He is too honourable a man to lie. A coward, perhaps, but not a liar.

[ Loras still thinks there is some truth to the theory, but it does seem hard to prove, unless they gather everyone from Westeros and compare their memories about events.

That simply seems exhausting. ]

[reek]

A coward and a madman, then. Whatever he may be, there is only one Westeros.

[ He seems very set on this answer, but it’s clear by now that theon is a maddeningly stubborn man. He can’t be easily swayed to believe anything that he isn’t already set on believing.

Luckily, Jon Snow is the main source of all his ire and not poor Stannis. ]

[triplerose]

We seem to always decide to agree to disagree.

[reek]

A funny jape, really, as I do not recall agreeing to that.

[triplerose]

And yet somehow that is always the result.

[reek]

Not if I don't agree to it.

[ Theon, please. ]

[triplerose]

Have you ever thought how nice things might be if you didn't purposely make them so difficult?

[reek]

[ Loras, you are speaking to the expert of making things purposefully difficult. ]

Where would the fun be in that?

[triplerose]

I think it might surprise you.

[reek]

It's fortunate that I don't make things purposely difficult for myself, then.