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🪐 — lil starter for  @praeludio​​​  ( garlan )

       KING’S LANDING WAS UNLIKE ANY PLACE  margaery had been before. rather than a large keep with bountiful farmland surrounding its walls, this city was a sprawling metropolis, its homes  &  shops  &  marketplaces crowded tightly into the narrow streets beneath the red keep’s great shadow. it was a far cry from the elegant pathways of highgarden, winding leisurely through hedges  &  trees laden with flowers  &  fruit. but at least they were outside of the castle, margaery  &  her small host meandering through the busy marketplace. she had been warned countless times that red keep had ears in its very walls,  &  to speak with great caution while within, but surely no one could overhear a few words spoken between siblings within the clamor of the smallfolk. ❝ the city seems very grateful for our presence, ❞  she spoke aloud, reining her horse up beside her brother’s. ahead of her, a washerwoman held up a calloused hand for the future queen’s blessing,  &  margaery reached out her own graceful one for her to clasp briefly as they passed along, a kind smile perfectly positioned upon her lips. ❝ if only her grace felt the same way. ❞ her head inclines toward garlan in a gesture of secrecy, though she is comforted by the commonfolk shouting her name, shrouding her words in their cacophony.  ❝ would that i could do something to gain her trust. ❞