004 -- voice;

[northerner]

It seems there are many from my world to be welcomed aboard after this past jump. If those of Westeros inclined to make their presence known, I would speak with all of you.

[ there's a pause. a direwolf's low whine can be heard, and robb exhales slowly. ]

And I'm sure it is already known, but the lady who called herself Aberdeen is no longer aboard.

[ and feed is cut. ]

Comments

[northerner]

So they are figureheads.

[ such distaste in his tone. ]

[hejhej]

[oh she can tell. it kind of amuses her.]

Yes. They only attend historical events. Or anything public.

[northerner]

Then they are of no use at all.

[ LAME. ]

[hejhej]

[she shrugs even though he can't see her.]

I agree, but everyone seems to love it. Other countries have the same.

[northerner]

[ HIS FAKE DESCENDANTS BETTER BE GOOD KINGS. ]

What is the point of such a ruler if they do not rule?

[hejhej]

[IT'S OKAY JUST DON'T LET THEM HAVE AN AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT]

My world went through something called the age of enlightenment. People wrote about democracy, a concept that came from the Greeks thousands of years before us.

Representative governments and all that other shit. But some countries were raised on the backs of peasants who were loyal to kings and queens. To make it work, they limited their powers, but still kept them as figureheads.

I would explain it further, but reading about it might be better.

[northerner]

Do you have books upon the subject?

[ SO TENTATIVELY WHAT IS ALL THIS. ]

[hejhej]

I don't.

[She pauses.]

But I can pick some up the next time I go to the library.

[northerner]

I would be greatly obliged. It's time I started reading of the things I have been told. It's a poor king that neglects to educate himself.