I didn't mean the Starks or your sister. I meant me. Haven't you figured that out by now?
[There's a wry tone to the question. No, obviously not, because figuring out where he is on the scale of Stark to Greyjoy is likely all that he sees most days. Claire knows she's been lucky to be one thing or another. A nurse, a surgeon, a healer. Claire Beauchamp, Claire Randall, Claire Fraser. She's always had a choice, and any doubts have always been quickly put to rest. She wishes it were that simple for him.]
It may not mean much to you now, but I do want you around. I care about you more than I do most people here.
[It's a different sort of relationship. A friendship? Perhaps. It's not like what she has with Sansa or Jon, though ironically not too long ago she had a similar conversation with him, letting him know that while his father might be gone and he may never know the truth about his mother, he'd have her. He'd have someone who cares for him in that way.]
We've known one another for what, half a year? I could never send you away. I couldn't imagine it. Hell, ten days go by and I'm thinking of a way to start a conversation with you.
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[There's a wry tone to the question. No, obviously not, because figuring out where he is on the scale of Stark to Greyjoy is likely all that he sees most days. Claire knows she's been lucky to be one thing or another. A nurse, a surgeon, a healer. Claire Beauchamp, Claire Randall, Claire Fraser. She's always had a choice, and any doubts have always been quickly put to rest. She wishes it were that simple for him.]
It may not mean much to you now, but I do want you around. I care about you more than I do most people here.
[It's a different sort of relationship. A friendship? Perhaps. It's not like what she has with Sansa or Jon, though ironically not too long ago she had a similar conversation with him, letting him know that while his father might be gone and he may never know the truth about his mother, he'd have her. He'd have someone who cares for him in that way.]
We've known one another for what, half a year? I could never send you away. I couldn't imagine it. Hell, ten days go by and I'm thinking of a way to start a conversation with you.