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Hey. Weird question.

Did you know how Theon ended up being how he is with the Starks?

Um, no. Not really?

Why do you ask?

Because I learned from Robb what happened and I kinda feel like a massive Grade A Jerk for treating him the way I have.

So okay. His father rose up and rebelled against their father, who like...ruled their area of land? I don't quite get it. Anyway, as a punishment, their father took Theon from his dad and basically kept him there to stop him rising up against them again.

[Wow...Nobility is messed up]

So he was basically raised as a hostage?

That'd...explain him not having any loyalty for the Starks.

[Those freaking nobles, man. What is WITH them? ]

Preeeeetty much. I mean, Robb was surprised that he betrayed them for his own father, given he was raised with the Stark and all. And I can get being betrayed by someone you thought you could trust, but...

Well, given he's been a kidnap victim his whole life, it's really hard to blame him for it.

Except the part where he murdered two innocent children, yeah. Hard to blame him.

[Cool motive, still murder.]

I'm not surprised Robb's surprised though. He seems to hold his father up to very high esteem- it'd be hard for him to fathom his father making a wrong choice.

Wait. What? What murdered children?

...Yeah, I know how that feels. But then again my father didn't literally kidnap someone and raise them with our family, so.

[ ... ]

[Allen meanwhile knew a bit more what it was like to deeply love a father who turned out to be not what they seemed. But that's a bit more personal than he's willing to get right now in regards to Mana, so he'll not respond to that second part and focus on the first]

Bran told me. When Theon's forces invaded Winterfell, they wanted Bran dead, so there'd be no heirs to Winterfell.

But he escaped, so Theon killed other children so he could claim that he did.

Damnit, Theon, just when I'm ready to give you the benefit of the doubt.

That's...really messed up. Jeez.

[Seriously, what's wrong with you, Westeros? ]

Yeah. War can make people do some truly terrible things.

It's nice, though. That you're trying to understand where he's coming from.

But killing some kids... I mean if the Starks had been there would he have killed them?

I get wanting to impress his father, wanting to be with him even if the war separated them. But what's worse he was actually kidnapped. I mean, I like to think the best of the Starks, they're on our crew an all. But why is that a thing that seems to be okay to them?

I don't know.

[And oh, that gets a pause as he tries to figure out how to answer it diplomatically.]

Because the Starks put House Stark first.

...Yeah that's true

Ugh. Do you think Westeros will ever NOT be a writhing mess of a world? Because I'm really starting to wonder.

Well...Exorcists don't really get involved in politics in our own world, much less in others. So I can't really say I know much about politics, but...

I wouldn't put my money on it, no.

We don't in the South Pole, either. Well...not before everything changed anyway.

[Everything changed when the Fire Nation were defeated.]

But Westeros is a BIG mess.

[Good job guys, have fun learning politics]

Yeah, I know.

If I had my way, I wouldn't send the Starks back there.

[It's gonna suuuuuuck. ]

Me either. I mean, I know home for me isn't exactly roses and sunshine, but it's better than there. And at least it's a little closer to what they're used to.

...Though they probably wouldn't be all that comfortable with the bending.

[ Taking the Starks to Sokka's world? Now there was a possibility. ]

Yeah, they probably wouldn't be comfortable with it. On the other hand, they did get used to being in space.

[And at least his world is healing, Westeros just keeps getting worse and worse.]

True. And it's not like EVERYONE EVER bends. They could easily find a quiet village and just make a go of it there.

Yeah. And they seem to really like the cold..so maybe something near the Water Tribe!

They DO like the cold. What with that Winter is Coming stuff and everything. They wouldn't really be able to have one of their special magic tree forests there, but at least we'd have the cold for them.

Yeah, exactly! It'd be a good start for them. The Water Tribe seems full of good people, after all.

You better believe it. We're an easy start to the world.

[Mostly because there's so few OF them, but details. ]

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