Dragonsmith

[bullhorned]

Characters: Gendry Waters, Daenerys Targaryen
Setting: A Song of Ice and Fire; Essos
Summary: Queen Daenerys has liberated Astapor and now continues her journey. But she's picked up a new wayward traveler from Westeros.

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[bullhorned]

"Mayhaps," he said. There was not much to be gained in disagreeing with her, he thought. He could be blunt and brutally honest when called on it, but there was little reason to argue on this matter. And so, he shrugged. "If he did, what would you do?"

[ungentle]

The question gave her pause, though she couldn't say quite why. Perhaps it was that she wasn't used to being asked such things, or at least not in such a conversation as this.

Finally, she settled on: "Listen to what he had to say and what you did in turn, then make decisions accordingly." That was what she'd hope would be the truth, at least.

[bullhorned]

"There was a man that did that. An outlaw lord. He didn't know who to believe though, so he settled it with a trial by combat." Gendry glanced back at the camp and frowned. "I think I'd lose that trial."

Ser Barristan was an old man, but Gendry knew well he stood no chance against such a man.

[ungentle]

"How did his turn out, though?" Daenerys asked, unsure of whether he was telling some true story or a legend she just wasn't familiar with (she could never tell when something was obvious to those raised Westerosi and not her). "The trial, I mean?"

She'd get to his statement in due time, but the context of the story was important.