memshare | Father's watching

[king_inthenorth]

[The memory being broadcast.

The memory is in the courtyard of a stone keep, still surrounded by green and not yet covered by the snow of the coming winter. Jon stands in the courtyard with two of his brothers, Robb and Bran. Bran is practicing his archery. "Father's watching. And your mother," Jon tells him.

Bran's shot goes wide, which prompts laughter from Robb and Jon.

"And which one of you was a marksman at ten?" This from their father.

Some advice from them this time -- not to think too hard from Jon, and to relax his bow arm from Robb -- and this time there's an arrow hitting the center of the target. Only it wasn't fired by Bran; it was their sister Arya who hit the target. This gets more laughter from Robb and Jon as Bran chases Arya.

As their father leaves to tend to some business, Robb collects stray arrows, and Jon returns the arrows to where they belong, the memory ends with Jon looking up to see his father's wife staring down at him.

Comments

[toivory]

I do not doubt it, Ser Jon.

[She looks at him, smiling as wide as she can. He looks so handsome.]

You are a True Knight, in every sense of the word. [she leans forward, and presses a chaste kiss to his forehead.] I’m so proud of you.

[king_inthenorth]

And you. Will be the best queen the North could ask for.

[He has no doubt of that at all.]

[toivory]

I pray to the old gods and the new that that is the case.

[she can’t stop smiling at him]

[king_inthenorth]

You were raised by the most honorable man I've ever met. I don't see how you could be anything but.

[toivory]

And you, as well, big brother.

[king_inthenorth]

Let's just hope it doesn't get anyone else killed.

[toivory]

We've suffered too many losses for that. Westeros has exhausted itself.

[king_inthenorth]

It will be quite some time before anything is back to what it used to be.

[toivory]

No, it will never be what it used to be.

And that's for the better. We're in a new age, Jon.

[king_inthenorth]

Hopefully it will be a better one.

[toivory]

I believe it will be.

The North and South are closer than before, despite our independence. There is no threat from Beyond the Wall. There's only one dragon we need worry about and Bran has that in hand.

[king_inthenorth]

Only one dragon?

[There's obviously a story there too.]

How does Bran plan to deal with it if it's a problem?

[toivory]

The other two fell.

[Part of the reason, she was sure, that Daenerys had no problem destroying all of King's Landing.]

His Green Seeing. Sight. [She's not sure about the grammar there.] I don't really know the details. It's a bit beyond me, truth be told.

[king_inthenorth]

It would take a lot to kill a dragon.

[He's seen them. They would be powerful weapons in a fight.]

That will help with dragons?

[toivory]

Or a few well aimed ballasts.

I cannot claim to know much more, I was in Winterfell, far away from those fights.

He can at least keep an eye on them this way.

[king_inthenorth]

Knowing about a threat before it happens can be useful.

[toivory]

Precisely.

[king_inthenorth]

There is a future for Westeros then.

[toivory]

A new Spring dawns.

[king_inthenorth]

I would hope so, after all the years we were waiting for winter.

[toivory]

Father always said it would happen.

[king_inthenorth]

He did. We had plenty of warning. All of Westeros had plenty of warning.

[toivory]

Precisely.

[king_inthenorth]

It's too bad none of them know how to listen.

[toivory]

[the look on her face is so incredulous.]

You don’t say.