[ In that touch: stay by my side and the reminder strikes upon Alayne's heart like an unyielding mallet upon the inside of a tower bell. The note intones in her is conviction, laced with incredulity for: is there any doubt that she would remain anywhere else? It had been Littlefinger who had absconded with her from the lion's den and Petyr who then enshrouded her with his name and hid her from the Lannisters' hounds. He had given her the only weapons afforded to her since birth — having been born with armor enough in courtesy but no means with which to return a blow, no matter how well forded with grace. No, no, there was no question. She would no leave him, not now. With Bran here, she needed him more than ever. Both Petyr and Littlefinger (oh what a terrible pact). ]
Why us, father? [ Alayne then asks at length, her lids lowered and her lashes reticent as she follows the sheen curve of one of the petals with a fingertip, her head bowed before him. ] Why have we been chosen?
[ When she lifts her eyes again, they are not wet but hold some similar sentiment — a sadness and suffering, one that is foreign and ill-fit to Alayne Stone's features (though perhaps an eco of the once lamentable Sansa Stark and all of her hidden shame). Surely if anyone knew, it would be him, he would divine what she could not and — in doing so — would forge them a path to both safety and home. ] Are we being punished? For our sins?
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Why us, father? [ Alayne then asks at length, her lids lowered and her lashes reticent as she follows the sheen curve of one of the petals with a fingertip, her head bowed before him. ] Why have we been chosen?
[ When she lifts her eyes again, they are not wet but hold some similar sentiment — a sadness and suffering, one that is foreign and ill-fit to Alayne Stone's features (though perhaps an eco of the once lamentable Sansa Stark and all of her hidden shame). Surely if anyone knew, it would be him, he would divine what she could not and — in doing so — would forge them a path to both safety and home. ] Are we being punished? For our sins?