This chapter was written as part of the Facebook challenge "Sur Votre 31":

- Invite : ''Soul''.

- Number of words: From 100 to 1000 words.

All the universe of Game of Thrones belongs to GRR Martin, DB & DW.

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Context : Bonus of my fic Dreams of Gold, Silver Stars and Diamond Tears

The days following Cersei's death are horrific, almost as horrific as the fateful day when she breathed her last.

Jaime feels that her soul is present everywhere, so much so that it becomes almost tangible.

It's horribly difficult, because on the surface, everything is still the same as before, while deep down, everything is different.

Everything is different, because Jaime is no longer there, not really, not entirely.

Part of him left with Cersei, because after all, he had always shared everything with her.

One person. One flesh. One soul. But two bodies.

One part of him died, and the other part is dying of despair, of grief.

It is all the more difficult when Cersei's soul, their soul, continues to live on through little Joanna.

It's all the more difficult, because he loves Joanna, he loves his daughter, of course, but it hurts, it hurts so much, it hurts like hell, to see that Joanna is there, but Cersei is not, when it shouldn't have been like that.

The three of them should have been happy, they should have lived together, why was it always so complicated for them?

He sees Cersei everywhere, in Joanna's pretty little face, with her blond curls, her pink dimples, and her fiery emerald irises, the same as in those where he got lost so many times, the same as in those where he drowned so many times, in the surging waves that remind him of Casterly Rock and the happy days, when they still believed that everything was possible, that anything could happen, that dreams could come true.

But they didn't.

That's not the way it is, and Jaime has just had the painful experience of it, once again.

Even Joanna has just experienced it, experienced the cruelty of the world, she's far too young for all that, she would only need one thing, from her mother, something that has just been taken away from her, too.

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