𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓

[pronounce]

what a month! this is texts from last night.
(meme threads aren't game canon, but they're not not game canon either, right)

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[kobes]

I will be, I promise.

Even though I think if anyone tried something I didn't actually want, Quentin and Shanks and the crew and you and probably Alicent would materialize out of thin air to stop them.

[holyposition]

Drugged into thinking we want things that we wouldn't otherwise, I mean.

But I would smack someone if you really needed.

[kobes]

Ah. Right. Well, sometimes they're just things we haven't tried yet and we don't know yet if we like them.

Thank you, Tim. I would punch someone if you needed me to. Please tell me if you need me to.

[holyposition]

Sometimes.

Itching for a fight?

[kobes]

Like you didn't walk into your first time knowing you'd like what you like, right?
Still, it's better with someone you trust. I can say that for certain.

Maybe? It's been a rough month. Maybe I need to take up boxing or something.

[holyposition]

My first time, we both cried after. You're doing better than me.

Aemond's been teaching me sword fighting. You should join us sometime.

[kobes]

Well, I cried the first time too. And the second. And
Actually every time, so that's no real indicator.

You want me to let Aemond swing a sword at me? Tim, I thought we were friends.

[holyposition]

I don't think it's the same.

Aemond is intense, but he won't hurt you. Then he'd be out a sparring partner. Two, actually, since I'd have to quit.

[kobes]

Well, I guess the context is a little different, yeah. Crying has lots of motivations.

Thank you for the vote of loyalty. I'll think about it. Maybe when my head doesn't hurt so much.

[holyposition]

Feel better soon, okay? I can bring you something if you want.

[kobes]

Just try to avoid getting stabbed while you're training. I want to see you go against Zoro one of these days, and you can't do that wounded.

[holyposition]

The training ones are blunt. I've got a lot of bruises but no stabs.

[kobes]

Have you? That's a good sign. Bruises mean your teacher's actually trying.

[holyposition]

Of course he is, I doubt he's ever NOT taken something completely seriously in his life.

[kobes]

I think you're right about that. He's too young to be so serious.

[holyposition]

He hasn't had a lot of opportunity to be anything else.

[kobes]

I've noticed. It makes me sort of sad.

He's been abrasive, but. He's Alicent's son. He can't be all that bad, right?
And even if he weren't, everyone deserves a second chance.

[holyposition]

Me too. I think I can help, but he's stubborn.

I don't know. If half the things he's told me about his older brother are true, he's an animal.

[kobes]

Well, he's fortunate to have you keeping an eye on him.

He hasn't mentioned much to me, yet. Someone to watch out for?

[holyposition]

Yeah. King Aegon. He sounds like a very unpleasant person.

[kobes]

Right, Alicent's oldest. He must take after his father.

[There's someone who Koby might break his "violence is never the answer" rule for.]

[holyposition]

He sounded more ineffective than he was cruel.

[kobes]

Alicent had three children before she was my age. If that isn't cruelty, I don't know what is.

[holyposition]

I know. It's terrible, obviously, and I won't defend that man for a second, but the blame for that is largely with her father.

[kobes]

I can blame them both. Her father started it, her husband perpetuated it. Either way, they're both dangerous.