Lioness // Ser Bronn // GoT

95. Honestly Jaime

'I'm sorry for what I did to you' Jaime said after moments hesitation

'You weren't sorry then, you were protecting your family.' Bran reminded him

'I am not that person anymore' Jaime told him

'You would still be that person if you hadn't pushed me out the window and I would still be Brandon Stark.' Bran told him

'You're not?' Jaime questioned

'No, I am something else now.' Bran told him.

'You're not angry with me?'

'I'm not angry at anyone anymore' bran said

'Why didn't you tell them?' Jaime question

'You won't be able to help us in this fight if I let the murder you first.' Bran assured him

'What about afterwards?'

'How do you know there is an afterwards?' Bran told him.

'you little cunt!' tya said storming out to the tree. 'honestly Jaime, honestly!' tya started hitting him over the head.

'Tyanna!' Jaime shouted holding her back.

'you did this to him!' she shouted incredulously.

'it is alright my lady.' Bran told her.

'it is not.' Tya told him. 'I'm so sorry my family is such cunts!' she spat. Bran smiled up at her as she beat Jaime over the head.

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'So we are going to die... At Winterfell. not the death I would've chosen I always pictured I would die in my own bed at the age of 80 with a belly full of wine and a girls-'

'mouth around my cock.' Jaime and Tya finished with a laugh.

'At least cersei won't get to murder me, cersei... I'm sure I'll get some satisfaction dying from that pleasure well I'm getting ripped apart by deadman.' Tyrion told Jaime, 'maybe after I'm dead I'll go to Kings Landing and rip her apart.' Tyrion teased, but not really.

'I don't want to come back as one of them.' tya said. 'how does one stay dead?' she countered.

'burn the body, before it has a chance to turn.' Tyrion told her.

'good thing we had dragons then.'

'yes we are down to two though.' Tyrion told her.

'what?'

'you had three.' Tya told him. 'how do you lose a dragon?'

'he was killed.' Tyrion told her.

'what kills a dragon?' tya countered.

'the night king.'

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'That's what death is, isn't it? forgetting... Forgotten... If we forget who we are where we come from we are not men anymore.' Sam told them 'just animals. your memories don't come from books, your stories are not just stories...'

'we gotta take out the night king.'

' he can find me.' bran said. 'His mark is always on me,' Bran said showing them the burns on his arms from when he was grabbed in a vision.

'We will put you in the crypt where it's safest.' Jon told Bran

'No we have to draw him out or his army kills us all. I will wait for him in the woods for him.' Bran told them.

'You want to use youself as a bait?' Sansa asked

'We're not leaving you alone out there.' Arya told him.

'I'll stay with him,' theon said 'with the iron born. I took this castle from you once, let me defend you now.' Forgiveness and regret, compassion and redemption, Tya thought as she watched them. perhaps cersei could be forgiven and could forgive her and Jaime, but she knew that the starks were a different breed of good. Lannister were not good, they were selfish and greedy and power hungry. Tya less so but she liked the finer things, what her family worked for she respected the people that held power since she felt useless for the fighting. But lannisters should be brave, brave like a lion but lions kept falling. Down, down. Down. Wolves, the people that her father didn't worry about, because they were so far north were still standing tall. Good for them.

'We will hold off the rest of them for the rest as we can' Davos said

'Ser Davos and I will be on the top to give you the signal went to light the trench' tyrion told them.

'Tyrion,' tya said shaking her head.

'Ser Davos is perfectly capable of waving a torch on his own, you will be in the crypt.' Daenerys told Tyrion

'Your grace I have fought before I can do it again, along with the men and women risking their lives.' Tyrion reminded her

'listen to the queen Tyrion. She said no. I say no. it's a no.' tya told him.

'There are thousands of them and only one of you. You cannot fight as well as they can, but you can think better than any of them... you're here because of your mind if you survive, if we survive I will need it.' Daenerys told him.

'Agreed.' Tya added nodding to daenerys.

'The dragon should give us an edge in the field' Davos went on

'If they are in the field they are not protecting Bran, we need to be near him not so near the night King won't come.' Jon said

'Has anyone ever tried to kill him?'

'No one has ever tried' Bran told them

'We are all going to die!' Tormund said 'but at least we died together,' he winked at Brienne.

'Let's get some rest,' Jon instructed 'Your grace' Jon said to dany before making a quick exit.

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'Do you need help?' Tyrion asked bran, he sat still while the rest of the room cleared out.

'No' he answered solemnly looking into the fire.

'You've had a strange journey' Tyrion told him

'No stranger than most' Bran replied.

'leave him be Tyrion. Our family has pested Bran enough.' Tya said and bran smiled up at her.

'I would like to hear about it,' tyrion said pulling up a chair

'It's a long story,' Bran told him

'If only we were trapped in a castle in the middle of winter with nowhere to go...' tyrion said leaning in.

'I heard them say you have the sight.' Tya remarked sitting down on the ground in front of Tyrion leaning back into his legs. 'whats that like?'

Bran liked the twins, they were sweet, not like lannisters, they cared about others and knew how the game worked. They also worked well together and Tya made Bran laugh, he didn't know the last time he laughed. He knew what was coming and they were going to be apart of it... if they survived.