[she smiles at the tip--she is new, even, to tea as a plant--and takes a careful sip. it tastes a bit like nettle tea, but with a brightness that is entirely new. she's not sure if it would be polite to ask for unoffered honey.]
Before that, I was a hostage. I had to pretend to be loyal to the king that murdered my father and our household while they waged war against my mother and brother. I got away when he was killed, but the queen regent thought I had something to do with it--as if I could ever do anything in that place. That's why she put the bounty on my head.
[she takes another sip and contemplates her next step. she told adaine a little bit about littlefinger, for context. she doesn't have any reason to tell sasuke anything about the vale.]
They had traitors murder my mother and brothers and steal our home. There was nowhere for me to go. Not for a Stark of Winterfell.
[she takes another sip of tea, and draws a breath.]
no subject
Oh, I was hiding.
[she smiles at the tip--she is new, even, to tea as a plant--and takes a careful sip. it tastes a bit like nettle tea, but with a brightness that is entirely new. she's not sure if it would be polite to ask for unoffered honey.]
Before that, I was a hostage. I had to pretend to be loyal to the king that murdered my father and our household while they waged war against my mother and brother. I got away when he was killed, but the queen regent thought I had something to do with it--as if I could ever do anything in that place. That's why she put the bounty on my head.
[she takes another sip and contemplates her next step. she told adaine a little bit about littlefinger, for context. she doesn't have any reason to tell sasuke anything about the vale.]
They had traitors murder my mother and brothers and steal our home. There was nowhere for me to go. Not for a Stark of Winterfell.
[she takes another sip of tea, and draws a breath.]
Alayne Stone's sigil was a mockingbird.