Interested only in what he knows. The rest, well, you surely have many things you're curious about. The resilience of these metahumans, perhaps. Are they as hardy as us imPorts, I wonder?
Well, our superiority is undeniable. But I do wonder if they can withstand the same sort of mental probing as our imPort counterparts -- if they are equally strong of will, and that was the reason they were able to obtain these new abilities. Or if it was something else entirely.
There are exceptions on both sides, of course. You would especially know who among the imPort community houses the weakest minds.
[ Tempting though it had been to crash on top of his ambassadorial office or the Iron Throne itself on Drogon's back to issue her decree, it strikes her that this matter ought to be simple.
Straight forward, even.
So, after fending off the advice of those who know her, she simply calls him. ]
[ Her tone is wintry, but considering the matter at hand, it seems only appropriate. She's had time, between Jorah's message to her, and Tyion's appeal, and Jon's concern, to forge her ire into something she can use. ]
I stumbled across him at a bar within De Chima, so I assume that is his city of assignment. I cannot tell you more than that as De Chima is not under my watchful eye.
[ Were Jaime in Maurtia Falls, he could have easily sold out his location. But. ]
I am glad Ser Jorah passed the news along. I felt it would be better for you to hear it from him rather than anyone else.
Do not take it upon yourself to decide what is better for me, or what I would prefer to hear from Ser Jorah. You swore to advise me.
[ Much of what he says of De Chima is brushed to the side. ]
But I am glad you understand the significance to me of Jaime Lannister's presence in this world. I need you to find him, Lord Baelish, and then you will bring him to me.
[ Oh. There it is. That's the Targaryen crazy he expects. Ordering him around like they're in Westeros or something. ]
I did not say you would prefer it. I said it would be better. Ser Jorah knows the significance of this, but he also knows you, Your Grace. He knew how to speak the words and deliver the news far better than I could.
[ How in the hell is he supposed to drag the Kingslayer anywhere? It's a good thing this is video, because Baelish is already looking exhausted. ]
And what will you do with him once he is brought before you?
Well, let's just say I have friends in high places. You need only worry about the result, Doctor. I am certain I can persuade my friends to come around to our way of thinking.
You flatter him, [ is a comment that is dry in delivery without lapsing all the way into good humour. Enough to indicate that, probably, news well delivered was not exactly what happened.
His question is expected. She is not dispassionate when she says; ]
I will gaze upon the killer of my father, and I will do what I think is fitting and just.
[ An ambiguity that cannot be called indecision; only true. Most men she has had killed, and all men she has had spared, she has looked in the eye.
[ Beginning to understand why Jorah never gets the girl. Alright, how to dance with this dragon? Baelish has to think on his feet. Clearly, he had overestimated Daenerys's diplomacy. ]
I'm certain you are well aware that imPorts cannot die. If you were to look upon his face and decide that death is a suitable solution, you would find that he returns to the world only a day or so later -- unharmed, alive, and full of a vengeance for you and yours. Not to mention, you would be arrested by the authorities here and your powers would be nullified. As Drogon is part of your powers, I am not certain what that would mean for him. But if you were to torture him, much the same would happen. Our form of justice simply will not work within this modern world.
[ A pause. ]
That being said, I do believe the two of you should meet. You need the chance to confront him and he needs to look upon the face of the daughter he had orphaned and drove into a life of exile. But you should also listen to what he has to say on the matter. There may yet be more to the story than you realize.
[ Here, she sounds close to weary, but still sharp. Anger will do that, even in a Targaryen, but she has listened. She can't sass him about his capacity as adviser and hit the mute button, tempting though it is. ]
I ask you for the man entire, not his head. You believe the two of us should meet, and that is as I have commanded. But understand that I will not do so over a glass of wine, or a chance encounter in the street, or frivolous banter over the network.
I want him brought to me, in the time and place of my choosing. He will be made to understand me. And perhaps you will understand that what I consider justice has precious little to do with the world we come from.
[ She's been redefining this concept for the fall of three cities, after all. ]
[ He parrots the words back at her. Well, at least there's some reason in there. Still a whole command to drag the kingslayer before her. But he'll try. ]
And if he refuses and cuts me down? [ Because that is a very real possibility. ]
Why not send him in my stead? I am not refusing, of course. I have no qualms about meeting with Ser Jaime and requesting this of him. But Ser Jorah would likely be more persuasive than I. Ser Jaime is not very fond of me, Your Grace.
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