I've been having a lot of fun with just how good for each other's mental health Murtagh and Vanora are. Just having someone besides their dragon partner who listens to them and shares some of their experiences is huge.

And I really liked the ending line. It was profound.

Thank you! I was originally planning to try and stretch this chapter a little further, but when I wrote that line and really looked at it on the page, I just... couldn't. It was an ending line, plain and simple.

Funny coincidence, I always imagined the palace in Gil'ead to be decorated with red (because of Galby's red logo and the fact that Durza was there and red seems like it could be associated with shades), and surrounded with rose gardens, because a random soldier gave Arya a fresh rose that had to come from nearby.

Huh, I didn't remember the rose thing... I'll have to look into that, that could be a fun detail if I ever send the characters to Gil'ead.