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[ Though having spent quite a while laid up in the Med Bay in the aftermath of the fear gas, Littlefinger is well aware that there are other goings ons that seem to bode much worse for the passengers upon the ship.

Still, as a larger plan has yet to come into focus and as his own concerns are, for the moment, concentrated elsewhere, he gleans what he can from what information is publicly broadcasted and doesn't bother asking after those circumstances any further.

Instead: ]

To the Tranquility at large:

This may be my own ignorance coming into play, but would anyone know of a physical library upon the ship? My understanding is that there is much made accessible through the use of our communications devices, but I would vastly prefer the feel and weight of paper in my hand.

Secondly, I am in need of a few favors in regards to clothes available upon the ship, so if anyone could offer their help in that respect, I would be extremely grateful.

Lastly, I would inquire as to the presence (or absence) of a clear economy. This is but a trivial matter, but I have come to understand that the large majority of trade upon the vessel is done upon a basis of bartering and favours. In the event that I am mistaken, I served in a position managing the ins and outs of money in my former home and I would offer my meager talents wherever they might serve best.

Ever at your service,
Lord Petyr Baelish

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no.
acquisition of hardcopy literature
will have to be accomplished through person-to-person trade.

[ A beat, then she adds. ]

or sentiment.

[ Hardcopy. Interesting. (He assumes it means exactly what it seems to.) ]

Understood.

[ A few seconds later: ]

And to whom should I be offering thanks?

[ She's been watching you, Baelish. The littlest Stark doesn't trust you and this one holds council with the King in the North. ]

aberdeen.

[ Then: ]

1 book (hedda gabler, in german).
5 backcopies of the smithsonian.

I admit I am unfamiliar with both, but I suppose that is the point.

What would you have in exchange?

information.

[ A pause. ]

Of what sort?

about you.

[ Blunt. In kind, he doesn't beat around the bush. ]

I will not guarantee answers, but you may ask your questions.

What are we setting as the exchange rate?

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[ Fair enough. ]

three questions per magazine.
the book's worth is devalued by the language discrepancy.
though a translation is readily available.
the book is negotiable.
the magazines aren't.

[ Again, fair enough. If he uses his discretion, he has nothing to lose. ]

Ask away.

[ They are more questions poised to flush out perspective and the inclination to lie more than anything else. Factual information she can get from the Stark brothers. Spin is something unique to the teller, however. ]

1) the things provided by your locker. what were they?
2) does the vale acknowledge the king in the north?
3) your house is baelish, but your daughter is called alayne stone. why?

[ His answers are straightforward, as to the point as he can make them. ]

1. Clothes, and a few accessories. Nothing of great import. I can be more specific if you so wish.
2. In the strictest terms, no. The Vale is beholden to the Iron Throne.
3. The bastard children of the realm take the names of where they are born. As her mother and I were unwed, and she was born in the Vale, she takes the name Stone instead of Baelish.

1 magazine.

[ Then: ]

follow up.
good for 3/2 magazine.

1. be specific.
2. rephrase of question: do you acknowledge the king in the north.
3. do you have the ability to legitimize her? if so, why haven't you?

[ Magazine is a new term, but he doesn't bother asking after it considering the context. ]

1. A set of robes, a pin in the shape of a mockingbird (the sigil of my house), a dagger and sheath, a coin purse, and a ring.
2. I do.
3. I do not. Legitimacy must come by royal decree.

[ The second: a lie. But she is none the wiser (he thinks). ]

1 2/3 magazines.

[ Again, a pause. ]

3. do you intend to legitimize her?

3. It is not an immediate concern. She is of my blood and that is the most important part of the matter.

[ And then an outlier question. (She remembers the first time you asked for something over the network, Baelish. ]

is her hair naturally brown?

[ As met by a turn back toward the original questions. ]

Before we continue: did my last answer prove sufficient?

2 magazines.

The next set of questions, then.

1. what is your relation to house stark?

[ Alayne has given reasons as to why she and the Stark boys know one another, to explain away their closeness to one another. ]

I was a childhood friend of Catelyn Stark.

[ And that's all he offers for the moment. (He's sure she can fill in the dots.) ]

your daughter keeps one of their wolves.

Is that another question?

a re-clarification of the first.

your daughter's relation to house stark.

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