[Open] And she would have him, if only he were there.

[fairy_fingers]

There is a timid young French girl, dressed in the typical fashion of the Second Empire, sitting in the common room.  She found, not a trestle but a canvas and a spare one, and she's working on finishing a shirt in what can only be identified as clear colors of silver, white and gray.

She works with silent dedication, not even singing.  Sometimes

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[eldeststark]

Robb did not deliberately disobey his father! He was just walking with Grey Wind and Grey Wind led him...here. And poked his nose in the doorway, and then of course he had to go after him, and -

Not that Angelique is asking any of this.

"--my lady?"

[eldeststark]

"A friend? Who?" Might I meet them? Are they nice? DO I APPROVE?

[fairy_fingers]

She takes a deep breath. "He -- well, friend might not be quite appropriate --" she spends moment to try and put this in the right words, but doesn't find them, eventually blurting them out, simply.

"Prince Oberyn Martell has offered to name me his daughter."

[eldeststark]

------!!!

"He what?"

Of course that would solve the problem - but Martells, why, what is he - of course he's always been weird or so the rumors say but-

[fairy_fingers]

"He said he liked me, and he misses his own daughters, and -- I suppose he is a bit of a romantic, he said he wanted us to be happy..."

[eldeststark]

Now he's really suspicious. "He said that?"

[fairy_fingers]

"He did." She looks at Robb, worriedly. "Do you think I should refuse him?"

[eldeststark]

Robb frowns. "I don't...I don't know. It would mean that..."

[fairy_fingers]

--- "What would it mean?"

[eldeststark]

"My father could not object. We could - you would be a lady, there would be no obstacle to us-" ---wait. Getting forward? He blushes.

[fairy_fingers]

She colors and looks down, suddenly very embarrassed, but he's welcome to go on. She might be a bit melty-eyed.

[eldeststark]

"--I'm sorry. Have I been too forward?"

[fairy_fingers]

"I -- -no, no, I -- I wouldn't want to presume, and ---"

[eldeststark]

"You're not - I'm presuming, if anyone is presuming, I don't want to pressure you at all, Angelique..."

[fairy_fingers]

"I -- I don't think you could ever be presuming of anything with me, and -- "

[eldeststark]

"--well, if Prince Martell - adopted you, you would be a member of the Great Houses..."