[She reminded him of some of the women of the Southron lands, the few he had seen in Winterfell when King Robert visited and later when he met with Cersei in the Dragonpit. She wasn't callous or cruel like Cersei, but she was ambitious. It wasn't the sort of life he knew or understood, but he could at least admire that aspect.]
At the time? Funding. I had any number of projects I needed to complete, but unfortunately, no money with which to do them.
[Needed, not wanted, and there's a vital difference between the two words. For Rosalind, at least one of those projects was absolutely necessary-- not just for her scientific curiosity, but her wellbeing.]
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[She reminded him of some of the women of the Southron lands, the few he had seen in Winterfell when King Robert visited and later when he met with Cersei in the Dragonpit. She wasn't callous or cruel like Cersei, but she was ambitious. It wasn't the sort of life he knew or understood, but he could at least admire that aspect.]
no subject
[Needed, not wanted, and there's a vital difference between the two words. For Rosalind, at least one of those projects was absolutely necessary-- not just for her scientific curiosity, but her wellbeing.]