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[bruxisms]

THIS IS MY MANNER OF TYPING. IT IS COMPLETELY CLEAR.

[ had he known all along? has he done this purposefully for a year? is his phone broken? the world may never know. ]

I AM GRATEFUL FOR HIS PRESENCE, AND THAT HE REMEMBERS ME AS I WAS.

[ this was not a slight against Renly. while he still did not trust this version of his brother, there was something about him that was... slightly more agreeable. he could not help but wonder if things might have gone differently had it been him instead of the other...

...or perhaps Renly's more admirable qualities would still be cancelled out by his flaws. ]

[antleredcrown]

I wish, in some ways, that we had come from the same place. That at least we would know where the other one is coming from.

But in many ways I am also grateful. We could consider this a fresh start, you and I. No wars, no fighting over hierarchy, because we aren't heirs to anything here.

We could simply be brothers.

[bruxisms]

PERHAPS. BE THAT AS IT MAY, THE MAN THAT YOU KNEW AS "STANNIS BARATHEON" DID NOT SOUND LIKE A MAN WORTH FOLLOWING, THOUGH I WOULD HAVE DONE SO NEVERTHELESS WERE IT MY DUTY.

[ still... what Renly says next surprises him. he certainly could not imagine the Renly that he knew saying such a thing, and he eyes it with suspicion. yet, after some time, he replies simply: ]

I ONLY EVER WISHED FOR YOU TO BE MY BROTHER.

[ he had raised the boy after all, had he not? and yet, it had all gone so wrong. ]

[antleredcrown]

Duty before all, of course. I'm not surprised you're still like that, regardless or your history.

I am sorry politics and other sordid things got in our way. I truly did love you, and Robert, always. Going to war against you pained me.

But here, we don't have to have that. Here we could meet again as strangers, if we wished it.