Prince Aegon's Chambers

Rhaena arrived on time for the luncheon that Aegon had invited her too. He was fortunate that Tyraxes had refused to wake up, after being able to get some proper rest or she would have already have left before his message arrived, she needed to get back to the war.

She hadn't tried particularly hard with her attire, picking the first thing dress out of a trunk of dresses her mother insisted she have, and that mostly got left unopened. The dress was a very deep purple, with silver embroidery up the bodice and it made her eyes look even more purple. Her hair, she wore down, so it flowed like a river down her back, coming to rest just by her waist. She'd tie it up before she left again.

Without even a pause when she arrived at her brother's door, she knocked immediately and walked in.

"I had not planned to stay so long, in truth, I was to inform the king and be on my way, but Tyraxes had other plans, you should never tickle a sleeping dragon, or so they say in the east," Rhaena explained, pleasantly, smiling at her brother and sitting down in the chair he'd offered her, relaxing and leaning back in it.

"So you get the pleasure of my company... lucky you," she popped a slice of apple into her mouth with a smile, being back in King's Landing was a welcome break from the camp if only for the better quality in food, "I hear congratulations are in order,"

"Having to juggle around so many women interested in your hand, You should become a travelling act," she teased, not usually interested in talks of marriages and the intrigue of matches, she was just glad men did not try and attract her attentions so brazenly, or women for that matter. "I wish you luck with them."

"Maekar is dealing with some faith militant skirmish at the gates of Cider Hall, and then I believe we shall be ready to earnestly turn our attention south, two thousand additional men will be meeting with us at Highgarden, which will bolster us." Rhaena said, pour herself a cup of wine and stirring it with a finger absent mindedly, "How is King's Landing? I will not get much chance to see it properly."

"some people must stay cooped up in the capital, eating all the food, drinking all the wine, and doing general chit chatting... the Kingdom would simply fall apart without it." It would be a known opinions of Rhaena's that everyone in their family who could fight should do, without her needing to say it. "If you wish to do something though, you are welcome to accompany me back, the more dragons we have fighting the better."

"I do not think MAekar will be best pleased with you taking his command, that he has had for so long and put so much work into," she couldn't help but get a little annoyed at the suggestion her brother was making, "We are already planning a real push south, but these things take time,"

"I don't think anyone does," Rhaena replied with a soft laugh, though there was an obvious edge to it, "Maekar would be pleased with winning no matter what, we all would, but he has put three years into getting to know the men, earning their respect and trust,and to up heave that, so close to when we may be finishing this war, could jeopardise that," rhaena replied, not wanting to just say that it seemed selfish and unfair, "Should you too not be happy with whomever is in command, so long as we win?"

She paused very briefly then shrugged, "you'll do as you will, I imagine."

"When you put it that way what possible reason could he not have for picking you?" Rhaena replied with a level smile, "this is hardly the time to speak on it though, when i depart soon to rejoin him. If father makes you commander, I shall know soon enough anyway, underhanded as that might be" She popped another piece of fruit into her mouth, "did you enjoy mothers party?"

"It was... Enlightening to a degree, I spent a lot more time there than I intended, in truth, I was to go there eat then rest for the journey back, but several things put a stick in the cartwheel of that plan" Rhaena replied, choosing not to continue talking about Aegon's war plan, it was making her angry when she needed to be more vigilant. "Did you meet the banker? I saw him only briefly by Father's rooms."

"That is both a good and a bad thing, I think, father didn't seem best pleased when I saw him after their meeting." Rhaena informed him, "the sooner we end this war, the sooner we can start trying to end that debt." That was one of the reasons she hoped argon would not get the command, as she intended to get heavy reparations from the faith 's ostentatious septs.

"I think on that, the whole country agrees," she said, raising her goblet and holding it closer to his so they could toast properly, "a quick end to the war."

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Elseyris knocked softly on the door, and waited for a response.