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𝑖 . in the great hall, in the thick of the crowd at the ball 𝑖𝑖 . for any who wish to respond
the great hall was heaving with bodies, the realm's entirety packed into one room with the intention of celebrating princess rhaella and prince aeron. alysanne thought that the room seemed to take life, inhaling and exhaling as people continuously filed in and out through the heavy main doors. thin digits clasped around a jug of wine, the dragonseed had taken to quiet observation. it had been all hands on deck, the keep's staff whipped into a frenzy in preparation for the arrival of nobles from across westeros. cup bearing was not alysanne's calling, per se. but it may well have been tonight. a small huff of air exhaled through barely parted lips and she's off again, elbows brushing against fine silks that she knew like the back of her hand as she makes another round of the room. the dornish were dressed the most beautifully, she thought. their style of dress was what alysanne's mother had preferred, but so rarely had the chance to replicate working within king's landing. “ more wine ? ” she'd begun to proffer the jug to only half empty glasses, the night well past the point of perfect propriety by now. “ it's an arbor gold, ” training her eyes on the bridge of the other's nose rather than meeting their gaze directly, alysanne rattles off the words the kitchen staff had repeated at her until they'd been lodged in her brain on a more permanent basis. “ i hear this batch is quite fruity and rich. a lovely combination. ” the borrowed words fall from her tongue without much mirth or investment — she is simply doing as she is asked without complaint.
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