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[He might have thought to lock it if he hadn't been so excited with his news.]

Oh my god! Okay, okay. So maybe this place isn't so bad. I got magic. That's apparently my gifty boon thing for getting my ass handed to me by the invading hoard.

[He pauses, blinking and grinning down at the locket.]

I'm actually living a video game now. I feel like I just leveled up. Now all I need's a familiar. But look. Look!

[He waves around a staff, then points the locket at the books that had arrived with the staff, symbols emblazoned on them and looking exactly like what they were; spell books.]

Dude, I'm a freaking magician. Wizard? Sorcerer? I don't really know yet, but I can do stuff. See?

[He'd already poured through part of a book and had memorized one incantation. He repeated it, the tip of his staff glowing before the comforter on his bed caught fire.]

Oh... uh, no. No, shit. No, wait I didn't, hey! Hey! Stop. Finito! FLAME OFF! FLAME! OFF!

[He drops the locket and the staff and goes to pull the comforter off to toss in the fireplace. Have fun watching that debacle.]

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[He sees the way the call switches to private and it piques his interest.]

What, like a... a tracking spell? Or a scrying one? Maybe a mix of them? I... don't know. I haven't gone through all the books yet. Could be there's a potion for it or a spell or something.

I can look through them and let you know when and if I find something.

[ She nods. ] Yes. Either — both.

If I might repay you in some way, you need only ask. I have many skills, common to those from kingdoms like mine own, perhaps unlike your Beacon Hills. I might teach you to ride on horseback, if it please you — or simply with gold. I am heir to a kingdom and its riches, after all.

Hey, no need to repay me or anything. Consider it a little teamwork. We're on the same side, after all, right?

But...

[Maybe he sort of looked a little uncertain as he rubbed at the back of his neck.]

I wouldn't say no to maybe being told how to sit on a horse right.

[That's right, Dany. They didn't do horseback riding in his days. Give him a jeep and he'd be a happy boy.]

Not all allies are so amicable, in my experience. [ see: everyone in Qarth. ]

But I would be glad to teach you. Riding my Silver has given me great joy, even in dark and sorrowful times.

Well, good thing I'm not such a greedy jerk, huh?

Then there you go. There's a, a what... a barter? That's good, right? I can do bartering. Call me king barter. But I just have to finish going through these and seeing if I can figure out something to GPS your little dragon buddies.

No, you would not be Stiles the Greedy. [ she beams. ] Stiles the Gallant, mayhaps. [ and that's only half-joking, since he is helping her, after all. ]

You can call or write me [ text. she means text. ] if you find anything.

[ she taps the device. ]

[That got a laugh. Stiles the Gallant. He knew a few people that would loudly argue that. But it also got a blush, because hey, it wasn't every day a very pretty woman said nice things about him.]

Yeah, yeah, of course. And if it's about your little guys there, I'll keep it locked.

[Since it seemed it was something she wanted to keep private. He was all for more reasons to skulk around.]

[ nodding in acknowledgment. ] I would appreciate it. There are those here who would receive great titles and riches for my head, you know. I fear what they would do if they knew my children left my side at all, let alone if I know not where they go.

[ she thinks of the beetle in Astapor, poised to kill, and the poison wine that nearly killed her and her child, if not for Ser Jorah. she knows better than to trust the word of murderers and traitors, even on neutral ground. ]

For your head? What about the rest of you? I kind of thought that was a package deal.

[Ha ha, look at him, so funny.

Only not.]

Don't worry, I won't tell anyone what I'm doing or what it's for. We'll keep this our little secret.

[ a wider smile. ]

Then you will truly be Stiles the Gallant.

Shh, don't let anyone else hear you say that. They'll think you're coming down with something.

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