His Pirate // Tyrion Lannister (2)

Leo Minor

'Kat, you alright?' tyrion asked coming up behind her, kissing her wrist.

'just thinking.' She said looking out the port. Jac lay asleep on the bed, wrapped up in a blanket.

'About the stars?'

'you heard me talking to sandor?' kat questioned

'Yes...'

'you know I didn't tell him about my favorite constellation.' Kat began.

'oh what is it then?'kat took his hand and brought him out to the top deck, she looked at the sky, spinning around until she found what she was looking for.

'Leo, The Persians called Leo Ser or Shir; the Turks, Artan; the Syrians, Aryo; the Jews, Arye; the Indians, Simha, all meaning "lion".' She told him. 'It is fairly easy to find because the "pointer stars" of the Big Dipper point to Leo.' Kat showed him pointing out the stars in leo. 'do you see it?'

'Yes, I see it. I suppose it looks like a...' tyrion tilted his head trying to see the lion in the stars.

"Great Lion" kat told him. ' the bright star, Regulus was known as "the star that stands at the Lion's breast." Regulus was known as the King Star.'

'king star.' Tyrion repeated.

'The leo has two of the brightest stars... Regulus and Denebola... making the lion easy to find anywhere in the world.' Kat told him.

'does it have a story from yours gods as well?' tyrion questioned

'It does, but its not a great story for the lion. But I love it all the same.' Kat told him.

'Can I hear it?'

'Leo was identified as the Nemean Lion which was killed by Heracles during the first of his twelve labours.'

'Off to a great start kat.' Tyrion told her.

'The Nemean Lion would take women as hostages to its lair in a cave, luring warriors from nearby towns to save the damsel in distress, to their misfortune. The Lion was impervious to any weaponry; thus, the warriors' clubs, swords, and spears were rendered useless against it. Realizing that he must defeat the Lion with his bare hands, Hercules slipped into the Lion's cave and engaged it at close quarters. When the Lion pounced, Hercules caught it in midair, one hand grasping the Lion's forelegs and the other its hind legs, and bent it backwards, breaking its back and freeing the trapped maidens. Zeus rewarded this labor by placing the Lion in the sky.' Kat told him.

'broken lions.' Tyrion chckled. 'seems fitting for whats to come.'

'That's at least how the legend goes but Jack told it a Different Way... Jack put it as the lion was immobilized in the sky because the world couldn't handle what he had planned, couldn't handle his greatness, couldn't handle his destiny.' Kat told him

'He was abducting women-'

'Jack didn't tell me that part he said he was stealing gold and riches treasures from everyone and they hated that obviously. So Hercules came stealing back the riches, afirad of what the lion would accomplish with that much power... and Zeus agreed. No one could have that much power, sent him to the sky to live out the rest of his days.'

'That sounds a lot better than the original tale.' Tyrion remarked.

'No one really knows where these stories came from they could all be lies anyways and Jack's version could be real, we don't know, we don't have the knowledge perhaps somewhere in the world someone knows where they came from and how the stories formed but I like Jacks story best. The lion who stole riches to forge his destiny and his greatness his mission but he was caught because he was alone because he didn't have help and sentenced to live in the stars for all eternity so everyone Could admire him from a far.'

'I like that version better'

'there is a new one, Leo minor...'

'leo Minor?'

'There are no myths associated with Leo Minor. It is a relatively new constellation created from a dark region of the sky. The region seemed to be undefined with no distinct patterns. The stars in this area were originally considered to be part of the constellation Leo. Leo Minor.'

' Little lion?' Tyrion questioned.

'Little lion.' She confirmed and he kissed her hand still woven with his.