"Shall you let him hide in his rooms forever?" Aelinor asked Brynden as they studied the reports together. There were times when she felt that she hadn't done nearly enough for her brother. "Surely he listens to you more than he does to me."
Brynden fixed her with his good eye. "You've been avoiding me, my Lady. Is there any explanation you could give me for that?" Truly enough, she'd been delegating her duties to other people in hopes of rousing Aerys' interest for her. She thought that if perhaps she spent some time with him he might give in.
"That is hardly relevant, my Lord Hand." Yet it must have been relevant enough for him, because Brynden caught her hand, just under her elbow and pulled her closer to him. "I have to try. No one else does." If not to make her brother fulfil his duty by her, at the very least to do what is right for the kingdom.