" Dornishmen are notoriously stubborn, Your Grace. Prince Quentyn's forebears fought your own for the better part of two hundred years. He will not go without you" .
One possible reason for this youth's sagacity could lie in the cultural shift away from these behaviours – something they can thank their forebears for.
We are only here because this country welcomed our forebears, and taught them that being American is about more than what we look like or where we come from.
It swept the ground, but Esteban, small as he was, wore it gracefully, for many of his forebears had worn such cloaks not only for warmth, but for adornment.
Now that generally fits with predictions, but having a bona fide confirmation would show us we're really on the right track in understanding our stellar forebears.
" His forebears are as dead as mine. Will Hizdahr raise their shades to defend Meereen against its enemies? I need a man with ships and swords. You offer me ancestors" .
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So if I went back in time and killed one of my forebears, then a new branch universe would begin where that whole line of descendents, including me, never existed.