when she was just a girl

[persequor]

Wʜᴏ: Arya and you
Wʜᴀᴛ: Exploring
Wʜᴇɴ: Today
Wʜᴇʀᴇ: Everywhere a curious kid can get into. You can set up the scene, just let me know where we're at!


[ Had it been anyone else but her mother explaining where they were and what to expect here, Arya would not have believed them. The concept was hard to understand much less swallow. But if there is someone in the world she still trusts wholeheartedly it is her mother. She would not lie to Arya. Not about something like this.

Thus after she found a moment to wander away from Catelyn, she decided to explore the castle, Needle at her side. If she was to be here for a while, she needs to know what can be found. She had always enjoyed discovering new places, talking to new people. Maybe a day to tire herself out was all she needed to sleep through the night again. ]

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[chippedcup]

Took the first opportunity I could to get out of there. I made a deal with a magical imp to protect my town from a war, if I went with him and became his housemaid forever.

They didn't want me to, of course, but I decide my own fate. I was going to save everybody in my town, even if it meant I was magically tied for the rest of my life. And well... I wouldn't have to marry Gaston.

[persequor]

But you're still doing what someone else says. You just picked someone different. Is that really better?

[chippedcup]

I'll admit, it's probably still not the best, but... It's better than being married to a man against your will.

[persequor]

[ She nods. ]

I don't think I'd ever want to marry anyone. Especially not against my will.

[chippedcup]

[She nods too.] It's not a nice feeling to have it looming over you.

Right now, I'm mostly a free woman, since I'm here. As free as someone could be in this Castle. And before that, I was traveling my world. The imp broke our deal.

[persequor]

You got lucky.

[chippedcup]

Pretty much. Depends on how lucky you consider that he kicked me out because I fell in love with him. [Bitter? Just a bit.]

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[ Arya blinks in surprise. ]

You did? How could you love someone who kept you prisoner?

[chippedcup]

[She laughs.] You'd be surprised. He didn't treat me like I was a fragile flower, he actually listened when I talked, and...he was kind. At first he wasn't, no, but then I got to know him and he got to know me.

[persequor]

[ That still sounds insane. But from what she's seen love seems to make most girls and women stupid. "A woman's weakness," she once heard it called. It certainly seemed so. Rather than voice that opinion, she chews her lower lip as if thinking. ]

[chippedcup]

You probably think I'm silly, falling in love with him. And I'm pretty sure it's silly too. But...you can't help what you feel.