That is my fear. I am afraid that I will make some sort of misstep in how I speak to someone, or not return the attentions of a man and then I will be on the wrong side of some feud. It reminds me too much of my own home and I do not know the families or the politics here. I am afraid to speak up.
( Sansa has done this much, at least, but she worries that she won't be able to be assertive enough if she's pressured by someone of higher caste or darker Jewel. It seems these things dictate power more than family name, as it is in Westeros. )
I come from an old, respected family in my home. We've been on the wrong side of a war and decimated, yes, but my name has honor. I have no such reputation here to fall back upon. None of us who've come through as strangers have that benefit of reputation to protect us.
Re: air time
( Sansa has done this much, at least, but she worries that she won't be able to be assertive enough if she's pressured by someone of higher caste or darker Jewel. It seems these things dictate power more than family name, as it is in Westeros. )
I come from an old, respected family in my home. We've been on the wrong side of a war and decimated, yes, but my name has honor. I have no such reputation here to fall back upon. None of us who've come through as strangers have that benefit of reputation to protect us.