[ An answer he didn't want to hear (although he would be equally dismayed in a reality where aegon still had his dragon and aemond did not.) Yet what Aegon brings up is a possibility the prince has briefly considered. Though, it's been years since Aemond has taken the Faith of the Seven to any sort of heart. As their mother drew it closer to her breast, the more it seemed to fail the rest of them. They were dragons, they were born of older things and meant for greater things. Yet, as his brother speaks it, he too is plagued with the sting of concern. Between them, silence grows in the absence of any assurance or an answer. Is this one of the hells? His mind fights it off like a disease. ]
We need to keep moving. [ Aemond turns around again to keep walking in the direction he's chosen. Pushing forward is all they have, so an answer his brother is never going to get until they find something that provides some clarity. He refuses to believe they're dead and descended.
The thought plagues him again like the itch underneath his skin. Kinslayer, they both were, king and brother. Even if Aegon looked long before he had become one, Aemond still knew. Aemond still remembered the gravity of Rook's Rest, which settled as a heavy stone in his stomach. He had been so excited to be away from King's Landing, to make his mark upon the world. Now, he wants nothing more than to return to it. ]
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We need to keep moving. [ Aemond turns around again to keep walking in the direction he's chosen. Pushing forward is all they have, so an answer his brother is never going to get until they find something that provides some clarity. He refuses to believe they're dead and descended.
The thought plagues him again like the itch underneath his skin. Kinslayer, they both were, king and brother. Even if Aegon looked long before he had become one, Aemond still knew. Aemond still remembered the gravity of Rook's Rest, which settled as a heavy stone in his stomach. He had been so excited to be away from King's Landing, to make his mark upon the world. Now, he wants nothing more than to return to it. ]