[He wants so badly to set the record straight for Viserys. To lay it all out there and explain that none of this needs hidden from Dany because Dany has already seen the Targaryen madness at work. ]
[ Each time he speaks to Viserys, Jorah has to muster every ounce of the patience he has ever had within him. If this were anyone else, he might have told them the truth of it from the start: that the Targaryen madness is real, that Daenerys knows, that she's seen it grow and consume her elder brother.
But Viserys is mentally fragile, to say the least. It's easier for Jorah to subject himself to stooping down to his level than it is to argue until he sees things as they actually are. ]
I will say nothing. You have my word.
[ He actually does, though. Jorah doesn't just go around spouting off comments about the Targaryen madness.
Except for the fact that Viserys could not sweep a stable with 10,000 brooms. ]
[That's all he wants to say. He should be obeyed, should have everyone's word or have their heads for refusing. That is his right, it is in his very blood for him to have that power, to have absolute authority. He has no need to say "please" or "thank you" and certainly doesn't feel as if he has to. He has never needed those words unless they were on behalf of his survival, a "please" for a loaf of bread, a "thank you" if he thought it would get him another if he needed to return to the same place...
He wasn't taking advantage by not being grateful. He was doing what a king should have done, he was doing
nothing to earn favors, apparently.]
Thank you.
[Had he ever said that to Ser Mormont before? He can't remember.
When was the last time he said it, truly?]
I am certain we will see each other again eventually.
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[ Each time he speaks to Viserys, Jorah has to muster every ounce of the patience he has ever had within him. If this were anyone else, he might have told them the truth of it from the start: that the Targaryen madness is real, that Daenerys knows, that she's seen it grow and consume her elder brother.
But Viserys is mentally fragile, to say the least. It's easier for Jorah to subject himself to stooping down to his level than it is to argue until he sees things as they actually are. ]
I will say nothing. You have my word.
[ He actually does, though. Jorah doesn't just go around spouting off comments about the Targaryen madness.
Except for the fact that Viserys could not sweep a stable with 10,000 brooms. ]
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[That's all he wants to say. He should be obeyed, should have everyone's word or have their heads for refusing. That is his right, it is in his very blood for him to have that power, to have absolute authority. He has no need to say "please" or "thank you" and certainly doesn't feel as if he has to. He has never needed those words unless they were on behalf of his survival, a "please" for a loaf of bread, a "thank you" if he thought it would get him another if he needed to return to the same place...
He wasn't taking advantage by not being grateful. He was doing what a king should have done, he was doing
nothing to earn favors, apparently.]
Thank you.
[Had he ever said that to Ser Mormont before? He can't remember.
When was the last time he said it, truly?]
I am certain we will see each other again eventually.
[Maybe with 50,000 brooms.
And a Dothraki screamer for each of them. Maybe.]