The Sea Cow

[The Smith]

"Speaking of Greenlanders your brother did win the joust." Oleyn said, "The seven must be very proud of him." He snorts into his drink.

[Fel]

Felryn drank more ale from his horn and nodded. "Not much that can be done to save that one. He's always been too keen to follow anyone who gave him a pat on the back," he said with an annoyed grunt. "Though at least he's proved that an Ironborn can do anything better than a greenlander," he conceded.

[The Smith]

Oleyn nodded, "Yes, anything. Was that Lady Royce I saw getting off your boat?"

[Fel]

Felryn swirled the ale around in his horn. He supposed it was no secret Aranya had come to Braavos.

"Yes, it was," he answered nodding, "a tempermental bitch that one."

"Tell me," Felryn said, changing the subject and getting to the heart of the matter he wished to discuss with Oleyn, "they say the artifact on your ship you take your name from is a mystical thing. Is that so?" he asked, his tone and grin seeming to suggest that he thought the idea ridiculous, but his eyes were eager.

[The Smith]

Oleyn laughed, "They say many things milord. I found the skull, and paid a dear price for it." He patted one of his many hand axes strapped to his body, "But is has never seemed particularly mystical to me. Just a fancy skull."

[Fel]

Felryn shrugs and nods his head as if he had assumed that was so. "And what was the price you paid?" he asks casually, chewing on some fish then washing it down with ale.

[The Smith]

Oleyn looked at Harlaw, "Why do you ask Lord Harlaw?"

[Fel]

"Idle curiosity, really," he said sounding almost bored as he tucked into some more fish.

[The Smith]

"It is not a story I tell often." He replied.

[Fel]

Felryn grunts and wipes his hands. "I see, well why did you pay so high a price for something so apparently worthless, then?"

[The Smith]

Oleyn laughed, "I have done one or two things more foolish, perhaps. But it is a close run thing. You have never made an error it judgement Lord Harlaw."

[Fel]

Felryn inclines his head to the side and grins, allowing that he has. "True enough. So was there any other reason for your visit, Onyxskull? It was to my understanding that you weren't a supporter of mine."

[The Smith]

"I am not." Oleyn answered, "I wanted to meet you. I have never had the chance."

[Fel]

Felryn snorts, "well I'm sure you have your reasons. If there's nothing else?" he says with a dismissing tone.

[The Smith]

Oleyn stands and said, "Thank you for the food. It was exactly what I expected."