It was better that this was a safe space rather than anything else. To be honest, Dany was quite pleased to be with Hermione, someone else who seemed curious about the world and eager to learn, as she wished to. With that sort of connection, it made moments like this even more safe.

"It could be," wasn't it already over a year for her? It only occurred to her then that she lost track of how long she'd been absent from Mereen. "I need to return when I can," but if she left, she'd be leaving a number of people she cares for as well as one she loves. "I feel as if I have been living selfishly since arriving. I do not have that luxury."