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 Small 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 one of my Small Council meetings, I would now have to climb all the stairs in the Tower of the Hand? [Tywin slowly walks up to the Iron Throne, unsettling Joffrey]
...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 - and 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 three hundred years ago! Curiosities on the far side of the world are no threat to us.
But how do we know these dragons are...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. [starts to walk away, then turns back and bows his head] Your Grace.
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