[ she gives him a look of mock outrage, before her eyes narrow and her mouth tilts into something like a smile. ]

I see — that must mean you still need more practice... and so you need to dance another dance with me. Otherwise, how can I see your improvement?

[ she nods with an air of satisfaction to have tricked him into dancing some more with her — it feels like they have spent less time together, lately, what with Jon's work and their father's arrival and all of it. it's nice, to just be here, with him. perhaps it is silly of her, to miss Winterfell, miss the time they had there, but she can't help it. ]

Silly, [ she says after some consideration. ] Think, what would the people have thought if we'd spent all that time and gold on decorations, instead of preparations for the winter? [ it would have been a disaster.

then, ] ... this reminds me more of King's Landing. Everything there was very grand. [ her words could be mistaken to be a compliment, were they not said with a disdainful tone — grand, yes, but for what cost? the Lannisters didn't care for the winter, for preparing for it, for the common folk. Cersei would have let them all starve. ]