⟪ for a moment, and entirely in spite of herself, melisandre is about to laugh – old-timey does not quite begin to describe the nature of her condition. instead, she manages to hold herself together just barely. ⟫
I am afraid I carry no coin at this moment, but –
⟪ she reaches up into her hair, half done up in a bun from which she draws one of her many hairpins. it's made of gold, and studded with a single, precious ruby: the most treasured wares of asshai, when one no longer has ones power. ⟫
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I am afraid I carry no coin at this moment, but –
⟪ she reaches up into her hair, half done up in a bun from which she draws one of her many hairpins. it's made of gold, and studded with a single, precious ruby: the most treasured wares of asshai, when one no longer has ones power. ⟫
This may go quite a ways?