Jon hadn't been taught the finer points of politics like Robb had growing up, since no one had expected that he would have need of them, although at this point, it's fair to say that the best among the Starks at the political side had turned out to be Sansa. Which is why Sansa had eventually been able to convince him to take the position he had never wanted. And when Sansa had recognized those same political skills in Selene, she had encouraged Jon to make Selene his choice. He can apply the lessons that Ned Stark taught him, and she can guide the political moves.
He's not sure he's equipped to lead in peacetime, so he hopes she is.
The playfulness he can see reminds him of Ygritte again, just a little. Doomed Ygritte, with whom a life would never really have been possible, so matter much they had wanted it. There were just some things that neither of them was willing to give up. But, maybe, that life is possible with someone else. Which has led to here, a tower of the Red Keep, with a woman who will soon be his wife.
"I...have partaken." The fact that both of the women with whom he has partaken are now dead is a fact that he does not feel the need to mention. Not yet, at any rate. It's more important that she's aware that he's not partaking of anything at the moment. "Do you?"
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Date: 2022-07-09 02:01 am (UTC)He's not sure he's equipped to lead in peacetime, so he hopes she is.
The playfulness he can see reminds him of Ygritte again, just a little. Doomed Ygritte, with whom a life would never really have been possible, so matter much they had wanted it. There were just some things that neither of them was willing to give up. But, maybe, that life is possible with someone else. Which has led to here, a tower of the Red Keep, with a woman who will soon be his wife.
"I...have partaken." The fact that both of the women with whom he has partaken are now dead is a fact that he does not feel the need to mention. Not yet, at any rate. It's more important that she's aware that he's not partaking of anything at the moment. "Do you?"