[ She dips her head in acknowledgement. A dragon king would not have been met with even that, perhaps. But only a fool looks into the eye of a dragon over the sky and says, I will not burn. The sea will claim her dead, but men burn all the same. ]

That will not be easy, [ she warns, ] Greyjoys before me have tried. [ herself among them, ] but I deem your cost fair. Other than what you have forbidden, we are free to do what we will. We suffer no faith but our own, we will build halls on the Northern shores. Your enemies will be our enemies.

[ Her smile curves sharply. ]

It may be that the first among those is another kraken.