Seeing Daemon, the soldier lets them off. He recognizes her as the princess, but she begs him to leave her be. She runs off, Daemon following, until she turns a corner and bumps into a City Watch soldier. Keen to unshackle herself from the burdens of royalty, Rhaenyra indulges in some classic horseplay: Stealing goods from a merchant. "They're of great consequence if you expect to rule them one day." "Their wants are of no consequence," she says, brushing him off. Daemon reminds her that many in Westeros will always desire a man over a woman as ruler. Rhaenyra, still in the disguise of a commoner, starts jeering before walking away. "Would she make a powerful queen or would she be feeble? Aegon the babe prince might long proclaim, he has two things Rhaenyra cannot: A conqueror's name and a cock." It gets even more awkward when the thespians get to the topic of Aegon Targaryen, King Viserys' son with Queen Alicent. In a scene reminiscent of Arya Stark watching a play depicting the death of her father, Rhaenyra and Daemon watch a street performance recounting her ascendance to heir apparent over Daemon. "Such a lonely prospect," he says with a faint grin.ĭaemon and Rhaenyra in commoner's garb. When Daemon tells her not to live a life of fear, she says she has no desire to live in fear - only solitude.
"For women it's a death sentence… My mother was made to produce heirs until it killed her. "For men marriage might be a political arrangement," Rhaenyra replies. Just look at him: He's married to a lady in the vale, and we haven't even seen her yet. Daemon tells her that marriages are only about politics, that she can still do as she pleases once she's wed. Rhaenyra finds Daemon alone under the Godswood tree and asks why he's returned, but soon thereafter goes back to complaining about the marriage tour thing. I like to believe I'm still the Lady Alicent, but all anybody sees when they look at me now is a queen." "The king went through great effort to arrange your tour," Queen Alicent said.
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