All of his councilors had been against this idea, but Daemon had insisted. He was going to make a state visit to every major city in all Seven Kingdoms, and his advisors could just shut up whining about it. He had his reasons, and while he obliged their opinions on the matter, he was still determined to follow his own agenda.

Highgarden was the closest House, and it was there that the King's party headed; no gilded carriages or frivolity. This was business, and as such it required long days in the saddle to make decent time. He'd invited Sansa along, thinking she might enjoy the excursion, and he had to grin as they stopped to make camp that first evening, saying as he unsaddled his own horse, "Well, you did agree to come along. I warned you there'd be no carriages or soft accommodations on this trip, Your Grace."