[ her assumption is correct — and in fact, not too many years ago, the thought of girls liking girls or boys liking boys would have been a total shock to her. but time and experience had toughened her, made her be less easily shocked, and knowing of Loras and Renly had proven it to her that it didn't really matter who you loved, as long as you loved them.

the question, though, makes her pause. ] I —

[ who does she prefer? she doesn't know. it's not something she's much given thought to. ] I don't know. Back home, I always assumed I would marry whoever my family told me to marry, a rich man, a noble man, and we would have children and I would do my duty. [ she breathes in, then out. ]

... I've been married twice, now. Both times to men I had no desire to marry. And after — [ she pauses, swallows. ] After... I don't really have much desire to marry any man.

[ she thinks — if she had had to choose between spending time with Margaery or with Loras... she'd have chosen Margaery. ]