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Your Grace.
Grandfather.
You wanted to speak to me?
Yes.
I'd like a report on the meetings of my small council.
You're welcome to attend the meetings
of your small council, Your Grace.
Any or all of them.
I've been very busy.
Many important matters require a king's attention.
Of course.
You've been holding the council meetings
in the Tower of the Hand instead of the small council chamber.
I have, yes.
May I ask why?
The Tower of the Hand is where I work.
To walk from there to here would take time,
time I could otherwise spend productively.
So if I wanted to attend a council meeting,
I would now have to climb all the stairs in the Tower of the Hand?
We could arrange to have you carried.
Tell me about the Targaryen girl
in the east and her dragons.
Where did you hear about this?
Is it true?
Apparently so.
Don't you think we ought to do something about it?
When I was Hand of the King
under your father's predecessor,
the skulls of all the Targaryen dragons
were kept in this room.
The skull of the last of them
was right here.
It was the size of an apple.
And the biggest was the size of a carriage.
Yes, and the creature to whom it belonged
died 300 years ago.
Curiosities on the far side of the world
are no threat to us.
But how do we know these dragons are just curiosities
and not the beasts that brought the whole world to heel?
Because we have been told as much by the many experts
who serve the realm by counseling the king
on matters about which he knows nothing.
But I haven't been counseled.
You are being counseled at this very moment.
I should be consulted about such things.
From now on, I will see to it
that you are appropriately consulted
on important matters
whenever necessary.
Your Grace.