The evening after Drogo’s victorious battle over Khal Ogo, the khalasar made camp just outside the Lhazareen village. Daenerys sat curled up on her cushions while she was finishing supper, one hand gently rubbing on her swollen belly. Rhaego was kicking around with his usual vigor. Across the table, Drogo relentlessly picked at the poultice their new enslaved godswife had prepared for his chest wound, deeply concerning his wife.
"Let me see," the khaleesi murmured, crawling over to Drogo, trying to mentally still her actively kicking baby within. She looked closely at where he'd been picking at it, seeing inflamed skin and more swelling than before it had been tended to. Carefully, she lifted a dried corner of the poultice, and gasped. Red and oozing, the wound already smelled foul and infected. Dany grabbed a cloth from the table and began wiping it off.
"Oh no, my Sun & Stars, this is bad, very bad,” Daenerys said as she tried to wipe off what she could, “I think she tried to make this worse!"
Realizing she was getting nowhere, Dany called out for Irri and Jhiqui to bring her hot water. After the water was brought, she dismissed them both, not wanting it to get out that their Khal was ill. Pulling the water to the edge of the table, Dany began to soak another cloth, feeling her heart pounding in her ears now in a near panic.
“I’m going to need to scrub out your infection & stitch the wound,” Daenerys told the khal worriedly. Seeing the disgruntled look on Drogo’s face, Dany gave him a rather stern scowl, going to the other side of their home to grab a wine skin, needle set, & some thread. Thankfully, not being under her brother’s thumb anymore allowed her to grow a backbone, even against her fearsome brute of a husband.
"I will do whatever it takes to make this happen," Dany warned, taking the needle out of her bag and setting it onto their table, “If we let anyone know that you’re this ill… no, it isn’t that. Drogo, I simply cannot bear the thought of losing you. Now please, let me do this.”
"Let me see," the khaleesi murmured, crawling over to Drogo, trying to mentally still her actively kicking baby within. She looked closely at where he'd been picking at it, seeing inflamed skin and more swelling than before it had been tended to. Carefully, she lifted a dried corner of the poultice, and gasped. Red and oozing, the wound already smelled foul and infected. Dany grabbed a cloth from the table and began wiping it off.
"Oh no, my Sun & Stars, this is bad, very bad,” Daenerys said as she tried to wipe off what she could, “I think she tried to make this worse!"
Realizing she was getting nowhere, Dany called out for Irri and Jhiqui to bring her hot water. After the water was brought, she dismissed them both, not wanting it to get out that their Khal was ill. Pulling the water to the edge of the table, Dany began to soak another cloth, feeling her heart pounding in her ears now in a near panic.
“I’m going to need to scrub out your infection & stitch the wound,” Daenerys told the khal worriedly. Seeing the disgruntled look on Drogo’s face, Dany gave him a rather stern scowl, going to the other side of their home to grab a wine skin, needle set, & some thread. Thankfully, not being under her brother’s thumb anymore allowed her to grow a backbone, even against her fearsome brute of a husband.
"I will do whatever it takes to make this happen," Dany warned, taking the needle out of her bag and setting it onto their table, “If we let anyone know that you’re this ill… no, it isn’t that. Drogo, I simply cannot bear the thought of losing you. Now please, let me do this.”