Lyanna has noticeably vanished from the feast, clearly upset over something more than just Robert Baratheon. She'd looked just a breath away from fighting Ned, in front of the royal delegation and everyone else gathered in Winterfell's great hall, though only her own son would've noticed that.
Jon will find her in the crypts, in front of her brother Brandon's statue.
"The South is no place for a Stark," she says when her son comes, her voice lined with steel yet also close to breaking. "Robert has asked Ned to be his Hand, and..." She shakes her head repeatedly, as if that would change her other brother's mind.
He wasn't the only one who had noticed that Lyanna had left the feast, though he was the only one who knew it was because of how upset she was. He had waited a few moments and then followed, less obviously, because he doesn't want anyone to follow him and find them. Mostly because he knows what kind of scolding they'll get from Lyanna if they're interrupted.
"And he will accept." He knows Ned well enough that he doesn't have to be told where he thought is going. They both know what comes next. "Perhaps he thinks he can do some good."
Lyanna wrings her hands for the lack of anything better to do with them. "Aye, and he has always been fond of Robert." Alone with her son in a place no one would think to go during a feast, she doesn't bother to mask the venom in her voice when she says the King's name. "He'll never listen to me..."
She turns to look at Jon then, her face unusually distraught. Because the worry she holds is not just for her brother, but for her son too. Silently, she thanks the Old Gods that Jon bears not a single hint of his father's appearance... except for his brooding, thoughtful nature. But that could be easily mistaken for the Starks' sullenness, too. Still, if Ned, the only other person with the knowledge of Jon's true parentage, is bound for the capital...
"I hope you and Robb aren't planning to accompany him?" She might be overreacting, but she wants to nip in the bud any boyish thoughts of adventure they might have.
"He is a Stark." Jon shares her concern for Ned, though for different reasons, as unfamiliar as he is with King's Landing. He knows that his presence at Winterfell is only tolerated because of Ned, and he doesn't know what it means for him if Ned leaves. Where does he end up? In truth, there's really only one place for people like him. He had always figured it would happen someday. It may just be sooner than expected. In the meantime, he just has to watch his father and his aunt (with whom he has a closer relationship than any of his siblings do) have their battle of wills and wait for the outcome.
"Robb will be lord of Winterfell while Father is away." It will be good practice for when he's lord of Winterfell in his own right. "I'm not sure what my place will be after this."
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Date: 2022-07-06 04:28 pm (UTC)Jon will find her in the crypts, in front of her brother Brandon's statue.
"The South is no place for a Stark," she says when her son comes, her voice lined with steel yet also close to breaking. "Robert has asked Ned to be his Hand, and..." She shakes her head repeatedly, as if that would change her other brother's mind.
bring it on
Date: 2022-07-07 03:01 am (UTC)"And he will accept." He knows Ned well enough that he doesn't have to be told where he thought is going. They both know what comes next. "Perhaps he thinks he can do some good."
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Date: 2022-07-07 12:53 pm (UTC)She turns to look at Jon then, her face unusually distraught. Because the worry she holds is not just for her brother, but for her son too. Silently, she thanks the Old Gods that Jon bears not a single hint of his father's appearance... except for his brooding, thoughtful nature. But that could be easily mistaken for the Starks' sullenness, too. Still, if Ned, the only other person with the knowledge of Jon's true parentage, is bound for the capital...
"I hope you and Robb aren't planning to accompany him?" She might be overreacting, but she wants to nip in the bud any boyish thoughts of adventure they might have.
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Date: 2022-07-07 02:44 pm (UTC)"Robb will be lord of Winterfell while Father is away." It will be good practice for when he's lord of Winterfell in his own right. "I'm not sure what my place will be after this."