[ you must miss them, she thinks, but bites back the remark — she doesn't mean to bring Daenerys pain by saying that, after all, and it is so obvious that she hardly needs to say it out loud. instead, she offers her a quiet smile of sympathy.

her eyes brighten a little at the mention of Olenna. ]

Lady Olenna? She was very impressive. Very smart, too. There weren't many who could win against Cersei, even once, but she did. [ even if she lost, in the end. as much as she admired Olenna after she realized the truth about Joffrey's murder, she admired Cersei, too. grudgingly, but she did. no one else she'd known had been able to so cleanly and utterly defeat all their enemies.

she's shaken from her memories by Dany's offer — an offer that makes her eyes widen in surprise. ]

Could I? Really? I thought... [ well. she thought the dragons would know a Targaryen and allow only Daenerys to hold them. ]