( Dany had ceased to think and instead acted entirely on instinct )

Dany hadn't anticipated repacking her things this soon; in truth, she was at a loss as to what to bring with her. She'd leave anything too bulky, in the hopes that leaving ties would ensure her return beyond doubt. The dragons' woven cages were prepared, and her small trunk packed. Her richest gowns sat still in her wardrobe here, and her cell ( Read more... )

The raven that arrived today from Ser Jorah was dusted with sand, and Dany had to give it twice the usual amount of meat and water, purely out of her own sense of compassion. The poor bird was exhausted, and it worried her ( Read more... )

One was not a queen -- widowed or not, dethroned or not -- without some accumulated wealth. And having been here for half a year now, Dany had decided that it was time to adapt to the local culture. More than just through her clothing collection, which was gathering more and more modern pieces as time went on (though today, and most days, she ( Read more... )

It was days like these when Dany wondered if a job might not be the worst thing. She'd initially thought she ought to be occupying her time otherwise, with nobler pursuits -- letters to Jorah, assassins sent after Joffrey, correspondence to neighboring villages and khalasars -- but since Jorah had tied her hands with this enforced hiding and was ( Read more... )

It was more than reasonable to say that Dany was not used to the cold. But rather than complain about it -- because she could, being not only too young to have seen one, but a near-tropical girl most of her life -- she treated it as a novelty. A brisk, sometimes unpleasant novelty, but one all the same ( Read more... )

There were few things that Dany had wanted less than to wake up and look exactly like Viserys. There were a few slight differences -- she carried herself differently than the beggar king had, and Dany quietly suspected that this was more what her brother Rhaegar had looked like. A Viserys with confidence, who twitched less and smiled slightly more ( Read more... )