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[dragonveined]

I have a thing for ships.

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[flinthearted]

They have their appeal.

[dragonveined]

If one wishes to travel great distances across the water, then yes, they have their appeal.

[flinthearted]

You don't quicken to the sea for its own sake, then?

[dragonveined]

I do not, no. As for you?

[flinthearted]

Nor do I, truth be told.

There's a sailor's best-kept secret: the sea is just a means to an end. A vast and ofttimes soul-devouring means, but a means nonetheless.

[dragonveined]

[ Daenerys is watching the work being done to her newly acquired fleet from the safety of the docks of Dragon's Bay. ]

You're right the sea is a means to an end, but the means will not lead to nothingness. The seas will bring me to what's mine.

[flinthearted]

[ He studies her face, his own inscrutable. ]

And when you've claimed it? What will become of your worthy ships, their stalwart crews and captains?

[dragonveined]

[ She looks to him with a raise of an eyebrow. ]

I have every intention on keeping my armada. As it would be very unwise for me to scuttle it.

[flinthearted]

[ One copper brow just barely reciprocates that rise. ]

You anticipate the sea may serve you, even after you're sated?

[dragonveined]

I believe my council would advise against me getting rid of it. And if I seek to keep what I seek, it would be unwise to let such a fleet go if I wish to keep my power.

[flinthearted]

Sounds to me as though you don't require much council.

[dragonveined]

Considering what I seek to claim, yes, I'm in need of a great deal of council. But I would be making a poor choice in judgment in not keeping a fleet.

[ She did learn all about Blackwater Bay and Stannis' fleet. And seeing King's Landing is vulnerable by sea, and if anyone else from Essos sought to rule The Seven Kingdoms then all one needs besides an army is a fleet of ships. ]

But there is more to being an effective ruler than knowing if one ought to keep a fleet of ships, or if one should send them to the bottom of the bay once done with them.

[flinthearted]

True enough. [ He inclines his head to her, a reserved but genuine measure of respect. ]

One must also know when to bolster men's hearts, as well as when to sink them. And when to trust only one's own judgment in such matters.

[dragonveined]

You seem to have a great deal of knowledge about the sea and the men who command it.