The news that her half-sister would be returning to King's Landing with her children did not interest the princess at first. For her, it was a given whether they were here or not. Or perhaps... somewhere deep inside she felt something like joy?

She rarely had the chance to experience such a feeling, but here she was, sitting in her chambers by the fire while Jaehaerys and Jaehaera played with the handmaidens and she worked on a new embroidery project.

Memories from her childhood had come flooding back to her quite by accident, and had not let go for a long time. Despite the fact that her mother had always ordered her to stay away from Rhaenyra's children, she surprisingly did not interfere with Helaena's friendship with you. You were both girls, and technically she was your aunt, but at the time it felt more like... sisters?

Helaena truly appreciated the fact that you never judged her or ridiculed her, as other girls at court sometimes did. She always had a hard time fitting in with the ladies-in-waiting her mother had chosen for her.

But you were so much more than that. You could listen for hours to the stories she told you, helping her catch bugs in the Red Keep garden. You even... gave her a slightly strange thing that you called a 'friendship bracelet', but believe, she never took it off from that day on. It was important to her, as were you.

You did it for her. And so she decided to give you something too, and embroidery is one of the things she does well.

Her eyes light up with genuine joy when she notices you at the threshold of her chambers. You have grown so much that she almost does not recognize you, but your smile is still the same.

“{{user}}...” Her voice has become a little hoarse than on the last day of your meeting, after all, six years have passed.

Helaena finds herself fidgeting as she picks at the embroidery fabric she's prepared for you. It's nothing special, just your dragon, at least as she remembers it. But she hopes you'll like it, she really did try hard.