“How did your lord father become Hand of the King, Devan? Is he much like the King?”
“Oh no! My father is kind and nice and patient and proud of me learning to read like a highborn lord and is teaching me how to steer a big warship! He told lots of stories to me before I went to bed when I was younger, and the King never does that with Shireen! He’s the best father in the world, when he doesn’t have to spend time on errands for King Stannis!” Devan’s face was glowing.
Jon laughed. He hoped he would have said such things about his father when he was Devan’s age. Gods, that seems like a lifetime ago.
Devan suddenly looked stricken, and threw himself to his knees in front of him. “Please please forgive me my Lord for speaking ill of the King! I didn’t mean anything I said about him, and please don’t tell him I said anything!”
Jon laughed again, this time with a big smile on his face. “On my honor as a Man of the Night’s Watch, no one but Ghost will ever hear a word of what you said.”
Devan gave a sigh of relief. “As for your other question, my father survived the Battle of the Blackwater when most all the rest of the King’s fleet perished.” He looked sad. “And Dale and Allard and Matthos and Maric too. But the King must have seen how brave my father was, and he had always given him good advice, so that’s why he must have been made Hand. He was made a lord at the same time too, before that he was a knight.”
Jon was sure that there was more to the story than what Devan told, but for now that was enough. The boy’s words had told him more of worth about Lord Davos than any of the mutterings from the Queen’s Men had, and King Stannis didn’t strike him as the man who would want to talk of friends and past times. Smugglers can become good men on the Wall, and this one must have done something extraordinary to earn Stannis’ trust over so many years.
But nevertheless, he couldn’t help but have a bit more respect for the King for appointing Lord Davos Seaworth as Hand.
Final Notes: I really want to see Jon and Davos meet, for I’d be fascinated to know what each thinks of each other. ((And what each thinks of Stannis’ relationship with the other.)) I think they’d have lots in common, including not being afraid to tell Stannis the truth he needs to hear. Maybe later I’ll get the two to actually meet and continue the story from there.
Re: Fill: Through the Eyes of a Child, Jon, Stannis, Devan Seaworth 2/2
“Oh no! My father is kind and nice and patient and proud of me learning to read like a highborn lord and is teaching me how to steer a big warship! He told lots of stories to me before I went to bed when I was younger, and the King never does that with Shireen! He’s the best father in the world, when he doesn’t have to spend time on errands for King Stannis!” Devan’s face was glowing.
Jon laughed. He hoped he would have said such things about his father when he was Devan’s age. Gods, that seems like a lifetime ago.
Devan suddenly looked stricken, and threw himself to his knees in front of him. “Please please forgive me my Lord for speaking ill of the King! I didn’t mean anything I said about him, and please don’t tell him I said anything!”
Jon laughed again, this time with a big smile on his face. “On my honor as a Man of the Night’s Watch, no one but Ghost will ever hear a word of what you said.”
Devan gave a sigh of relief. “As for your other question, my father survived the Battle of the Blackwater when most all the rest of the King’s fleet perished.” He looked sad. “And Dale and Allard and Matthos and Maric too. But the King must have seen how brave my father was, and he had always given him good advice, so that’s why he must have been made Hand. He was made a lord at the same time too, before that he was a knight.”
Jon was sure that there was more to the story than what Devan told, but for now that was enough. The boy’s words had told him more of worth about Lord Davos than any of the mutterings from the Queen’s Men had, and King Stannis didn’t strike him as the man who would want to talk of friends and past times. Smugglers can become good men on the Wall, and this one must have done something extraordinary to earn Stannis’ trust over so many years.
But nevertheless, he couldn’t help but have a bit more respect for the King for appointing Lord Davos Seaworth as Hand.
Final Notes: I really want to see Jon and Davos meet, for I’d be fascinated to know what each thinks of each other. ((And what each thinks of Stannis’ relationship with the other.)) I think they’d have lots in common, including not being afraid to tell Stannis the truth he needs to hear. Maybe later I’ll get the two to actually meet and continue the story from there.