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[interior]

I'm listening.

[lambencies]

I took advantage of my position when I was with you. I should not have done that.

[interior]

Which part?

[lambencies]

Any of it. I thought I was helping you, but I should have stayed away.

[interior]

I'm questioning your choice of method, Alicent, not your motivation.

[lambencies]

It was wrong of me to be so... excited.

[interior]

[Quiet, for a moment. Then:]

I have some conditions. Meet them, and I'll accept your apology.

[lambencies]

Of course. I will hear your terms.

[interior]

From now on, you'll tell me when you want me. You'll let me come to you. And you'll let yourself have me.

[lambencies]

[ she doesn't know what to say. ]

It isn't that simple.

[interior]

[He could get into the argument there. That it could be simple, that she doesn't let it be, that they're going to end up here again and again if she keeps fighting and repressing and denying it.

But he wouldn't be throwing it down like a gauntlet if he had it in him to keep picking at those arguments. The dungeon had drained his patience. He's tired.]

Those are my terms.

[lambencies]

I... I need time to think them over.

[interior]

You can have as much time as you want. But let me be clear: you don't accept my terms, I don't accept your apology. And you and I have nothing left to say to each other.

[lambencies]

[ she doesn't... want that. ]

Thank you for being so honest with me. I do appreciate it.

[interior]

I've always been honest with you, Alicent. We just don't have time for me to be patient. Not any more.