#Aemond does alot during the dance but this specific thing wasnt a big accomplishment

[ride-thedragon]

As funny as it is, the idea of Old Granny Vhagar just flying away fast enough for Daemon and Nettles not to catch her and then hide throughout the riverlands with magic, it makes it seem as though there was an active effort on Dameon and Nettles part and that's just not true.

They were coming back every day without any inclination of them camping out to try to trail him. They would bathe, eat, sleep, and do it all over again but come back just in time to repeat the process.

(Live footage from Maidenpool)

I'm not sure how big the Riverlands is or how long it would take to fly back and forth, but I feel like more than 12 hours as Aemond is just on the move consistently isn't an unnecessary request.

When Lord mooton is suggesting they split up, I think he's doing it out of a genuine place of them being there for a long time with no results and Daemon tells him that they'd die without each other (correctly) but he probably thinks they're prolonging the relationship they developed because we have no indication that he strategized something else in the wake of that conversation.

(Daemon and Nettles, while lives are being lost every day from a mission they've had for months.)

Rather than any inclination of a strategic change to their plan that hasn't worked for months, it takes a call on her life for Daemon to be like "Aemond would never fight me with her at my side, I should go and challenge him alone."

I know Lord Mooton was singing joyfully when he found out Daemon died because he wasted months of time and resources just to do the exact opposite of what the queen said after he sends Nettles away. His ass changed sides because he was tired, and I blame Daemon.