The Goldsmith's Manor

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After the page had announced them, Myranda and Marq entered the ballroom,and did an in unison sweep of the place, identical fake smiles on their faces as they took it in, each raising an eyebrow at the grandeur of the place and each thinking the Lannisters were more than trying to compensate for something.

As they scanned the crowds, both of them saw Lord Piers Bettley dancing with a pretty looking girl in a fur cloak. Myranda's smile turned to a smirk while Marq began frowning.

"See, busy. Let us go and get something to eat while we wait, eh?" Marq said, irritation in his voice.

"We?"Myranda responded incredulously, "You're not here as my protector Marq, by all means, go."

"I'd rather not," He responded sullenly, " I think I should stick around,"

"Thinking is not very good for you, Marq, I thought Maester Leo told you about that." She grinned up at him briefly before turning to look back to the dance.

"Well, What does he know." he replied, not getting the joke right away and then glared at her, "Don't talk to me as if I am a child, Myranda."

"Don't act like one then, besides, you are my younger brother-"

"Thirteen minutes does not count as being younger," He said, slightly louder and kept glaring,

"My Lordship says otherwise," she said, mischievously and walked forwards before Marq could put his hand out to stop her.

She walked up to the Master of Coins and the girl he was dancing with and put a hand on his shoulder, "Would you mind awfully if I cut in?" she asked, smiling at Summer as Marq followed a few steps, but held back, not wanting to run onto the dance floor after her, and contented himself to looking sulkily off to the side.

[The Flint]

Summer cocked an eyebrow in the girl's direction, "What?"

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Myranda kept smiling despite the rude response, "I was asking if you mind if I stole your partner," she replied civilly, looking straight into Summer's eyes.

[The Flint]

Summer snorted, "Thank the Gods. I thought you were asking HIM if you could steal HIS partner. You never know with you Dornish." Summer chuckled. "Lord Piers, I thank you for the dance." She curtsied and stepped away.

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"Maybe later," she said, but laughed with the northern girl to show she was only joking and smiled at her again, before moving round and in front of her to face the man and smiled up at him, taking the hand belonging to the shoulder he hand was not on.

"I am so sorry I am late, I was delayed." she said, looking past him briefly at Marq who was glaring at Piers back before looking back to the Small Council Lord, "I hope you don't mind me stealing you away, she was truthfully, very pretty."

[The Smith]

Piers nodded, "She was as beautiful as the moon on snowy eve, I prefer the hot dornish suns myself." He took her hand, and began to dance with her. "Did you miss me?" He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

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"Would you be offended if I said no?" she asked, teasingly, but smiled at his praise as they danced, biting her lip as they went and pulled herself a bit closer to him.

[The Smith]

Piers smiled, and said, "Your brother is not going to try and murder me is he? That would be truly unfortunate." He spun her gracefully, and dipped her.

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"No, he is just being silly," she said, frowning a little as he pulled her up from the dip, "Well no, he's being a brother," she clarified with a shrug, "Do you not have a sister you want to keep from the clutches of an unknown man of mystery?"

[The Smith]

"I do not. At least not one I know about." Piers replied, "My mother died as I was born, and I was her first child."

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"Oh..." She said startled, taken a bit aback by that. "I am sorry." she said, frowning again at her own tactlessness, but gave him a small smile again soon after, "This is a very grandly devised party, being Lord of Lannisport you must be close to the Lannisters," she said, attempting conversation that didn't involve his long dead mother.

[The Smith]

Piers smiled, "Lord Baldwin is the man I wish was my father, and not for his inheritance, but because there is no man I admire more in this world." He looked at her, "Normally I would throw a jest in about now, but I respect him far too much to mix his name with mockery." He winked at her.

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"He must be quite a man then," she said, quietly, "I'm afraid I do not know much about him. What makes him so admirable?" she asked, moving to put both arms round his neck.

[The Smith]

Piers smiled at her, "For one, Lord Baldwin values a man for his abilities not his station." He swayed with her gracefully his hands sliding to her waist, "There are few men like that in the entire realm."

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"Undoubtably, and what abilities of yours does he value?" she asked, grinning up at him and biting her lip slightly again, "Juggling?" she jested lightly.