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[ The locket reveals the face of a young woman--some would say a girl--peering into it. Her hair gleams silver-gold in the candlelight, her eyes an unusual purple color. In the background, an imp peers over her shoulder, its claws clinging to her bared skin. ]

There is magic in the Free Cities and Qarth alike, yet I have seen nothing half so convincing as Allaidh Darach. It is ... [ She hesitates; what to call the place that's imprisoned you against your will? ] ... intricate work, truly. Were I settled into my kingdom, my children fierce and grown, perhaps I would not mind it so much, calling Caer Scima home.

[ For a fraction of an instant, she looks sad. Did Drogon sense her as she faded into this world? ]

But lush pillows will not shield my freedmen from those who would send them back to the shackles, no more than peach tarts will keep famine away from my gates. [ The imp shakes a foul little fist at the locket in punctuation, as though its fellows didn't help to abduct her only four nights ago. Dany turns and fixes it with a measured look. ]

Leave me now. I want no spies.

[ It hesitates, but something in her voice convinces it. Muttering, it releases her shoulder and shrinks away as though scolded. Dany waits impatiently for two more of the creatures to leave her presence, some private struggle raging beneath. Then, at last, she exhales in a sigh. ]

Yet time is not so easily disrupted, I have learned. Tell me, was I spoken true? [ It's phrased as something of a demand, but there's a very clear plea beneath it. The queen is there, but so, too, is the girl. And the girl is frightened, fearing for her people and her dragons alike. ] Will my people notice I have left them, or will all be as it was? How may I be assured of their safety?

[ Restless fingers pluck at the fringe of the cushion in her lap. ]

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[ It's clear from the politely bemused look she gives him that she thinks he may be mad. ]

However magnificent they sound, I have seen no star wars, Baron Archer. It may be that my realm will see dragon wars, if my enemies do not yield as they should. [ This is, of course, delivered with the utmost nonchalance. ]

I have many titles, but I am Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. [ She smiles, well aware of the syllabic discrepancy between his name and her own. Not reciting the rest of them is a small mercy. ] You are no subject of mine, but you may call me khaleesi, if it please you.

No, it's a movie. You could literally, right now, go down to the theater and watch it. But I would pay to watch dragons.

[Which he probably has. For movies, not the real thing.]

Uh, right. That sounds pretty....Middle-Eastern to me. Do they even have female leaders because last I checked, they didn't.

Would you? [ She looks amused. He cannot possibly know true dragons, if that is his sentiment. ] It would be wiser to pay not to see one. [ But just wait and see if anyone she conquers ever listens to this. Spoiler alert: They don't. ]

It is in the East, but there is no ... Middle-East. [ Only ends and borders. ] A Khaleesi is queen to the Dothraki, the horselords in my realm. They are fierce conquerors of the Great Grass Sea, and all who would keep their gods and their lives flee before a Dothraki approach.

[ So, they bring imminent doom. Just, you know, Dothraki things. ]

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Right. So....mongols, got it. Are we talking Genghis Khan or Kublai Khan, this is a pretty important distinction.

[Again, asking questions that she wouldn't know the answer to.]

The whole Golden Horde thing was pretty much M1A1 Abrams of their day.

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[ She lifts an eyebrow, thinking for a moment that she heard "mongrels". ]

Is there a khan who would plunder and burn cities who do not give him gifts?

[ Dany embraced the Dothraki culture, but that didn't mean she liked many of its aspects. ]

My lord husband, Drogo, was Khal to forty thousand riders. He favored tradition; I do not.

[ No, she just burns cities to the ground for not releasing their slaves. Much better, obviously. ]

Yeah, that was totally his shtick. He'd do this thing where he would surround cities and then put up a white tent. If they surrendered then, it would be cool. The next night, he'd put up a red tent. If they gave up then, all the soldiers would be killed but the city wouldn't be destroyed. That third night though...hahaha, oh man. That third night, he'd put up a black tent and that meant the city was completely screwed.

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