[D4 EA] Lady Troubles (Lysa's Chambers)

[Alicent Feyther]

She nodded a little and sighed. "Look... It's almost lunch time, right? Since you're not feeling well, you should have soup, anyway. Have the servants grind some charcoal to powder and mix it in. It's probably too late to do much good, but it can't hurt. And if you feel very lightheaded, lay on your back without a pillow with your legs propped up on something. Lots of soups and tea and drinks for the next couple days." It was all she could offer at this point.

She smiled. "You have to get well so we can spend some time together without this hanging over your head."

[Lysa Meadows]

Lysa found herself surprised to like this woman with the silver hair and unusual eyes, "very well," she conceded with less petulance than earlier.

[Alicent Feyther]

She smiled cheerfully. "That's what I like to hear." Her smile became less playful and more gentle. "Thank you. I appreciate it, really."

Alicent had considered pressing her, asking about the father, but... Well, she'd eventually tell her if she wanted to talk about it when or if they became closer. And if not, it would have just been assuaging her own curiosity anyway.

[Lysa Meadows]

"Why don't you stay?" Lysa offered, "and have lunch with me? Most of my ladies are deeply occupied with the carryings on of the Festival, so it will be quiet enough."

[Alicent Feyther]

Alicent considered and nodded. "I'd be happy to stay and join you for lunch. I'm just surprised you want me to." She chuckled a little.

[Lysa Meadows]

"You're not as bad as all that," Lysa teased, reaching out and squeezing Alicent's hand. "Have you thought about what you're going to use those pearls for yet?"

[Alicent Feyther]

She chuckled and squeezed her hand back. "Hmm... Well, I have found myself a bit underpacked... I might add them to a new dress to make it my own," she suggested thoughtfully.

[Lysa Meadows]

"That sounds like a wonderful idea," Lysa replied. "If you don't mind the work, you can always put them on one dress, and take them off and reuse them on another."

[Alicent Feyther]

"If I do that, I'll have to ask for Dy's help... Or yours, if you want an excuse to spend a bit of time together soon," she said. "I'm just now getting to the point of being able to even look at embroidery again after working so long on that dress for the welcome feast."

[Lysa Meadows]

Lysa smiled at the thought, fair heads bent over a dress, almost touching as they worked, "it really is much easier when you can spread the work around. I don't think I've ever done the full embroidery on anything I own," she confessed.