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(There is no reason for what she has to say to be private, however it is a bit personal, so she chooses to phrase it in another language.)

Avy jorrāelan, Rhaegar.

(Valyrian is their native tongue, after all, so perhaps the sentiment holds more meaning this way. Daenerys beams, bright and sweet, after announcing her feelings before she addresses everyone else.)

How many soldiers would you say we have between the cities? How many are from other worlds and how many are native? Should the cities be attacked, are there plans to raise the defenses?

I haven't seen many walls or weapons for that matter.

(She should probably explain her line of thinking.)

I come from a world that is unsettled and violent. If this world is able to bring my brother and myself here, I worry others might arrive too. Others that have no desire for peace.

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I suggest that you hone your skills as often as you are able. I cannot let down my guard and I worry what will become of us if we become too complacent.

[He nods.]

I practice every day.

It's too bad this place doesn't really have any monsters to practice against, but then again, not having monsters around is more of a good thing than a bad one.

Depending on your perspective, that is so. (She is quite protective of the dragons, so he is right. There are no monsters.)

Have you ever heard of a Dothraki arakh?

Are you talking about some kind of "humans are the real monsters" metaphor? [Roland will always put humans first, but as long as the dragons don't hurt anyone, he'll leave them alone.]

I have not. Something from your world, right?

They can be; their actions will reveal their true nature eventually. (She will protect her people, but she will protect her dragons too.)

Yes. It is a particularly deadly curved blade.

I see. Is it comparable to a sword, or is it something more like a sickle or scythe? [In other words, just how curved are we talking here?]

They are a bit of both, actually. The hilt is that of a sword and then it rises into a well-sharpened sickle. (They are something.)

Interesting. Is that the weapon you use?

I am not a soldier. My Dothraki men used them, however, to great success.

More of a tactician? [He can understand that. His tone softens, as the next thing he brings up... well, he knows it might be a sensitive topic for her.]

I guess you had your dragons to protect you, too. [There'd be no need for a weapon in that case.]

I am a queen. (So, yes. She is a tactician, a politician, a diplomat, a dragon-rider and more besides!)

They understand that they must fight too.

And I was a president. [So he's used to the same kind of stage. Maybe even larger, considering his country was a superpower, the richest and most powerful in the world.] But that kind of thing doesn't really matter here, we don't have countries and armies at our beck and call anymore. Just ourselves and our own faculties.

I am telling you of my experience. I have been a Khaleesi of the Dothraki, a Queen of Meereen and, eventually, I will be the ruler of Westeros.

(Seven kingdoms is nothing to scoff at; Westeros is the most powerful continent in her world.)

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And will that political experience protect you if someone wishes you harm?

[That's what he's getting at; she could be the most politically powerful woman in her own world, but without someone able and willing to protect her -- whether it be a bodyguard or Daenerys herself -- it means nothing to someone who would want to physically hurt her.]

You said you weren't a soldier. Can you use physical force to protect yourself if you need to?

My brother is here. (And he is - was - one of the best warriors in the history of Westeros.) I am a dragon too. If I need to defend myself, I will.

(She is a woman filled with life and passion. She will fight with the weapons on hand for survival - using her teeth and nails if she must.)

Alright. [He nods with a small smile.] It's good to have someone to depend on.

If you're interested, though, there are self-defense classes available in the cities, and modern weapons that don't require physical strength to use. Just in case you get separated from your brother, or want to defend yourself more effectively.

[She hasn't mentioned any training on her own part, so Roland assumes she doesn't really have any. Letting her know she has options is the least he feels he should do.]

(Daenerys is a small woman; she could probably use a gun if nothing else.)

I will look into them. I teach classes most of the week and spend time watching the dragons, but I can make time for them too.

(She doesn't want to imagine Rhaegar's fury if she was ever attacked or hurt.)

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