[Honestly, this feels to Ros like an inevitability.
Not because of the complex dynamics of the situation at hand, no -- those were never her business and she never really asked, because she is not the kind of woman who often plays the kind of role that allows her to ask questions that aren't "is there anything more I can do for you?" or some variant -- but because honestly, whose brilliant idea was it to have her look after someone at all?
She is not by nature a traditionally protective woman. She is caring, but that's at best a tertiary quality, one that's easily pushed aside if need be. She is decent at taking responsibility for others in a professional context, but for all that her life has required her to fake interpersonal dynamics, she is not the greatest when it comes to the real ones, the ones that aren't just about sex and lies, the ones that require her to behave like just a regular person. It's no surprise she was so stupid as to let Robb slip through her fingers.
This is what she's telling herself in her self-directed frustration, at least. (She's no mother hen, but she's often better at this than she gives herself credit for.) It's mostly fear talking, fear and angst, and she's been unable to sit still for worrying about the inevitable fallout that she just knows is coming when Petyr finds her.]
so I don't even really know what I'm doing but here.
Not because of the complex dynamics of the situation at hand, no -- those were never her business and she never really asked, because she is not the kind of woman who often plays the kind of role that allows her to ask questions that aren't "is there anything more I can do for you?" or some variant -- but because honestly, whose brilliant idea was it to have her look after someone at all?
She is not by nature a traditionally protective woman. She is caring, but that's at best a tertiary quality, one that's easily pushed aside if need be. She is decent at taking responsibility for others in a professional context, but for all that her life has required her to fake interpersonal dynamics, she is not the greatest when it comes to the real ones, the ones that aren't just about sex and lies, the ones that require her to behave like just a regular person. It's no surprise she was so stupid as to let Robb slip through her fingers.
This is what she's telling herself in her self-directed frustration, at least. (She's no mother hen, but she's often better at this than she gives herself credit for.) It's mostly fear talking, fear and angst, and she's been unable to sit still for worrying about the inevitable fallout that she just knows is coming when Petyr finds her.]