"Yes, you were. Very cute and quite well-behaved! I must say, you were a great relief. Aegon cried all the time and I couldn't get him to cease and Helaena, well. Here I understand more about what may have been troubling her but of course there's no way to be certain." But the mention of the things which have happened makes her look down, uncertain. "I'm not sure if I want to know about them. There were. So many dire predictions of what may happen." She sighed and bit her lip briefly. "All I want is for us to be able to live in peace."

It was that very wedding, though at that point in Alicent's life, she wouldn't have been able to pick Harwin Strong out from a crowd. He was yet another man at court she had to be sweet and courteous to, there were so very many men she had to maintain a cordial yet distant relationship to. And their wives treated Alicent the same way.

"...no. I suppose it's impossible for anyone to be who I knew. What's the Earth saying, 'life's what happens while you're making other plans?'" She tried to rally with another little smile.