[ She might take them as hostages, but she'd never have them executed. No child should suffer as she has -- fearing assassins in every shadow, poison in every cup, death behind each door. She wants people, children especially, to love her, not fear her. Stannis and Renly, on the other hand...she scrunches up her face and in a second it's obvious the answer does not come easy. It wasn't hard to say she would kill them before she encountered them herself. In thoughts, they were evil and she was good, righteous in her desires. To see her fury made flesh is an entirely different matter. Stannis was by no means a charming man (he was the opposite, really), but he seemed honest -- and it had been his brother. Renly's, too. But I struck my brother down when he became too dangerous. If a girl could do it, why couldn't a man?
She thinks him weak, undeniably culpable for his actions.
But is death at her hands his just punishment? ]
[ Dany raises her chin, expression resuming its former neutrality, and answers like a queen. ]
If I killed all who betrayed my family, I would preside over a kingdom of ashes.
[ a brief pause. Then, she lifts her eyebrows and cocks her head as if to challenge him in turn. Her next statement comes as certainly as the first. ] However, should Lord Stannis and Lord Renly choose to stand against the dragon again, they will die by fire.
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[ She might take them as hostages, but she'd never have them executed. No child should suffer as she has -- fearing assassins in every shadow, poison in every cup, death behind each door. She wants people, children especially, to love her, not fear her. Stannis and Renly, on the other hand...she scrunches up her face and in a second it's obvious the answer does not come easy. It wasn't hard to say she would kill them before she encountered them herself. In thoughts, they were evil and she was good, righteous in her desires. To see her fury made flesh is an entirely different matter. Stannis was by no means a charming man (he was the opposite, really), but he seemed honest -- and it had been his brother. Renly's, too. But I struck my brother down when he became too dangerous. If a girl could do it, why couldn't a man?
She thinks him weak, undeniably culpable for his actions.
But is death at her hands his just punishment? ]
[ Dany raises her chin, expression resuming its former neutrality, and answers like a queen. ]
If I killed all who betrayed my family, I would preside over a kingdom of ashes.
[ a brief pause. Then, she lifts her eyebrows and cocks her head as if to challenge him in turn. Her next statement comes as certainly as the first. ] However, should Lord Stannis and Lord Renly choose to stand against the dragon again, they will die by fire.