[ Yes, well. It was right to ask, considering that - if he had been "Mad" - she could at least have questioned him on whether that description was correct. Given her own history, her own father, and the name that her people had given to him, she had an interest in knowing.
Her expression tightened, minutely. ]
Only my father, supposedly. They called him "The Mad King".
[ Exposing herself as royalty isn't the only thing she admitted, with that comment. Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms knew about Aerys, knew about his two surviving children, and that Daenerys intended to retake the throne. The most she has to protect herself here is a small, partially trained dragon, and Drogon could be leagues away by now. No knights, no Blood Riders, no army.
She kept her hands a little tighter on the reins. If he turned out to be hostile, given the introduction, she could have made a run for it. But Daenerys bristled at the idea of running. She hadn't run from a single conflict in her life, and she wouldn't run now. ]
no subject
Her expression tightened, minutely. ]
Only my father, supposedly. They called him "The Mad King".
[ Exposing herself as royalty isn't the only thing she admitted, with that comment. Everyone in the Seven Kingdoms knew about Aerys, knew about his two surviving children, and that Daenerys intended to retake the throne. The most she has to protect herself here is a small, partially trained dragon, and Drogon could be leagues away by now. No knights, no Blood Riders, no army.
She kept her hands a little tighter on the reins. If he turned out to be hostile, given the introduction, she could have made a run for it. But Daenerys bristled at the idea of running. She hadn't run from a single conflict in her life, and she wouldn't run now. ]