“You were magnificent,” he tells her, low and gruff and loving, and very much for her ears only, after he’s watched her play her role as Narnian Ambassador, charming Robyn Arryn, verbally sparring with Olenna Tyrell, and keeping a firm hold on Tyrion Lannister’s typically loquacious tongue.

“That’s Peter’s word,” she says, and laughs, though he doesn’t, only stares at her until her breath catches.

“Not to me, it isn’t.”