Two for one, mostly because these are actually drabbles.
I don't see George ever abandoning Alanna, nor do I see Thayet cheating on Jon. What I do think about this pairing, however, is that while Alanna was in the desert and Thayet is newly arrived in Tortall, the two could easily strike up a friendship. A mutual admiration. A flirtation. Hidden feelings. I think the two possess many qualities that the other would like. This is just to clarify my feelings on the pairing (if anybody actually reads it).
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Wine
Once when she drank too much wine, she and George Cooper spent hours repeating all the curse words they knew. His list was much longer than hers, but she committed each one to memory. When the conservatives slander her decisions, make fun of the Riders or the schools or her position, she bites her tongue and repeats every curse in her head.
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What might have been
"It's a shame that you're the queen of Tortall," George tells her one evening. "You would make a perfect queen for the Ladies of the Rogue."
Thayet laughs, and takes it as a compliment.
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