[Clarke thinks of Wells and his father. He was sent down to Earth by his dad, included among the disposable hundred that would see if the Earth was survivable. When they got down there, the other kids resented Wells—and it was that resentment that ultimately got him killed. In contrast, Clarke's own parents were revered, her father loved and floated for trying to believe in the goodness of people, her mother a doctor who will always give her all.
(In contrast, Clarke knows she's nothing like them. That she would be the tale that would pass on as "Wanheda," though perhaps that doesn't matter now.)]
I understand.
Do you think that it'll be good for her to be away from that? I suggested that it might be, but it's hard for me to really say. We both come from tumultuous political situations, but my world is still far, far smaller than yours.
I ask because she seems ... wise. It's just a first impression, of course.
[jon only knows a small corner of his world. all the maesters in the citadel know less of their world than he's learned of this one in a few weeks of lessons. he doesn't know if that makes his world bigger or smaller than this world, or clarke's.]
Aye. We're all safer here. Exile is no place for a girl to grow up. She's had to be cunning to survive this long. So have my sisters. They were hard lessons learned.
Daenerys led armies, as I did. It's not an easy job, and it's lonely. She's like to discover as I did that it's easier to make friends here, and to keep them.
Sometimes the very act of survival is lonely. Having to do that and lead a war at the same time sounds like too much.
[Meant to treat life as something that they need to put first—at any cost, even if the cost involves setting aside the lives of other people. Clarke hasn't always liked that, and may never like it for that matter.]
Did you learn that lesson here, or before—with the Clock?
I'm asking because it's not always easy to transition from making alliances to seeing someone as a friend. Unsurprisingly, it was hard for me. Especially when you couple war and survival in the same place. No matter how difficult it is for us to be here, I believe it could be far worse than it is.
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Date: 2019-06-05 04:56 am (UTC)(In contrast, Clarke knows she's nothing like them. That she would be the tale that would pass on as "Wanheda," though perhaps that doesn't matter now.)]
I understand.
Do you think that it'll be good for her to be away from that? I suggested that it might be, but it's hard for me to really say. We both come from tumultuous political situations, but my world is still far, far smaller than yours.
I ask because she seems ... wise. It's just a first impression, of course.
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Date: 2019-06-05 06:25 am (UTC)Aye. We're all safer here. Exile is no place for a girl to grow up. She's had to be cunning to survive this long. So have my sisters. They were hard lessons learned.
Daenerys led armies, as I did. It's not an easy job, and it's lonely. She's like to discover as I did that it's easier to make friends here, and to keep them.
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Date: 2019-06-06 02:01 am (UTC)[Meant to treat life as something that they need to put first—at any cost, even if the cost involves setting aside the lives of other people. Clarke hasn't always liked that, and may never like it for that matter.]
Did you learn that lesson here, or before—with the Clock?
I'm asking because it's not always easy to transition from making alliances to seeing someone as a friend. Unsurprisingly, it was hard for me. Especially when you couple war and survival in the same place. No matter how difficult it is for us to be here, I believe it could be far worse than it is.