[ You know why. Dany's certain Sieglinde could guess, if she wished. Nonetheless, she smiles faintly. ]

Because Dragonstone is the ancient citadel where I was born.

[ Her home. If there are truly gods in her world, there can be no stronger omen than that. ]

My home across the sea. Where Aegon once lived, and the princes and princesses of old after him.

[ Her plum is lowered, her hands settled into her lap. ]

On the day I wed Hizdahr, my enemies had ringed my city in steel. I chained myself in gold to a harpy, yet with that gesture I returned many to their bonds. I am no Meereenese queen, no matter my veil, no matter my tokar.

[ It is as if there is some fire within her, for all that her eyes are distant. ]

I am the blood of the dragon, and one day I shall return to Westeros to claim my father's throne.