Rich Man / Tyland Lannister / Aislynn Hightower

18. Did You Blink?

"Tommy read the leaves please honey," Aislynn coed. 

"I'm going to teach you to read the leaves so I dont have to keep doing this." Tommy mused. 

The ability to see the shapes, letters, or patterns to read the fortune from a cup plays an important role in this lesson. Tommy smirked as Aislynn brewed a cup of tea, Tyland was quite interested as well. 

"Mum's book, take a look." Tommy offered. 

snake meaning enmity or falsehood, spade meaning disappointment, failure, mountain meaning hindrance, if there are more than one, but one means the opposite – success, house meaning changes, success, question mark meaning the outcome of the situation is uncertain, acorn meaning wealth, heart meaning good luck, joy, romance, and friendship, line meaning journey; a long straight line meaning long journey, while a wavy line means delayed journey

Aislynn dead panned. 

"Boring, I want the if I'm pregnant and the gender test, where is that?" AIslynn countered flipping through the book. 

The placement of the symbols in the cup will determine their meaning too. For example, tea leaves in the shape of a tree can have both good and bad meanings. If the tree is placed closer to the rim of the cup, it means your life is in harmony, and you are able to solve problems. 

If it's placed in the middle of the cup, it means you may need the help of friends or family to progress in life or with a current situation. And when the tree symbol is shaped at the bottom of the cup, it means your life is not going well. Aislynn snorted a laugh. 

"Because you need a tea to know if your life is shit." Aislynn agreed. "This is not mum's book." AIslynn cleared her throat. "You need to re-think your actions and learn from others who have succeeded... come on, mum didnt talk like that." 

"It's fathers interpretation." Tommy admitted. 

"What?" Aislynn laughed out. "She tried to teach him?" 

"I thought you would like that." Tommy agreed. 

"Fucking hell!" Aislynn laughed out. "i'm looking at this with new eyes. Look at all the success he scribbled down. Oh this is so cute now!"

The position of the shapes in relation to the handle of the cup matters too. In your mind, divide the cup into two parts – a handle and a bowl. Bowl, you will understand which shapes represent the future and which represent the present. Those closer to the handle are related to the present, and those closer to the handle may imply future events.

"Can you use any tea?" Tyland questioned. 

"No." Aislynn knew that much. 

"Most loose leaf black teas work well for tea leaf reading, as long as they have smaller broken leaves that will leave a residue on the bottom of the cup." Tommy informed him. "Long leaves or ball-shaped oolongs are not useful, can't read anything. The flavored teas Amoret likes are bad too, because they contain other ingredients such as pieces of fruits, buds, that interfere with the reading." 

"Well?" Aislynn demanded. 

"I'm not telling you how to tell if its a boy or a girl." Tommy corrected taking her. "Well?"

"Congratulations." Tommy remarked. "It's a girl." Aislynn squealed out. 

"A GIRL!" 

Being pregnant at the same time as Alicent was fun. Sort of. While Aislynn wanted to murder to Viserys when she found out again. Alicent assured her she knew her duty. Now they got to have children at the same time. It could be fun. But two moody hormonal Hightower women was less fun for everyone else.

"Girl for you too!" Aislynn declared. "I can see it now they will be the best of friends!" 

"LIke you and me." Alicent agreed. 

"My daughter will be the pushy over confident little girl protecting your shy daughter." Aislynn mused. 

"Lets be real..." Alicent chuckled. "Probably."  she agreed. 

"They are going to be the best of friends." Aislynn assured hugging Alicent. "And I can still castrate Viserys. Just say the word... or blink... did you blink?"