Ned was returning to Summerfell by way of the beach, intending to visit Sansa on the way and ensure that everything was going well for her. The woman on the beach looked rather confused, however, and so he stopped to be sure that she was not in need of assistance. "Is everything all right, my lady?" he asked, with a polite nod.
"Ned Stark," he replied, "formerly of Westeros." He was not certain what Prime Minister meant, though he expected it was a position of some importance, as she obviously expected him to know. "Finding one's self on the island is usually unexpected and often difficult. Have you any family about?" That always seemed to make things easier, in Ned's experience.
"I am not surprised you have not heard of it," said Ned. "It is a world very different from the ones in which most people here come." From her speech, Ned judged her to be from Earth, perhaps from the same land as the Pevensies, though he was not famliar enough with speech patterns to be certain. When she spoke of her death, he nodded in acknowledgement. "It seems many arrive on the island in such a fashion," he explained. "Either from the moment of death, or just before. For some it is a shock, and others a relief." He knew the feeling well, being one of that number.
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"Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister."
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"I died," she explained with a quiet smile. "Arriving here afterward was a surprise certainly but a pleasant one."
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"What is your world like then if you don't mind me asking?"
She was genuinely curious about the universe at large and she had always hoped that there was something out there other than ravaging hordes.
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