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“You are too hard on yourself, Ned. You always were. Damn it, no woman wants Baelor the Blessed in her bed.” He slapped his knee. “Well, I’ll not press you if you feel so strong about it, though I swear, at times you’re so prickly you ought to take the hedgehog as your sigil.”
“His Grace means the boy no harm. The child is his own blood, & mine as well. If you will not trust to the king, trust to me. You know me for a man of honor—”
“I know you for a man of ambition,” Ser Cortnay broke in. “A man who changes kings & gods the way I change my boots.”
“I took her castle and she took my heart.” Robb smiled.
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“Do you want to be loved, Sansa?”
“Everyone wants to be loved.”
“I see flowering hasn’t made you any brighter. Sansa, permit me to share a bit of womanly wisdom with you on this very special day. Love is poison. A sweet poison, yes, but it will kill you all the same.”
Bran could see all of Winterfell in a glance. He liked the way it looked, spread out beneath him, only birds wheeling over his head while all the life of the castle went on below. It made him feel like he was lord of the castle, in a way even Robb would never know.
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“Why can’t it be both?” Meera reached up to pinch his nose.
“Because they’re different,” he insisted. “Like night and day, or ice and fire.”
“If ice can burn,” said Jojen in his solemn voice, “then love and hate can mate.”
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Tyrion reclined on an elbow while Sansa sat staring at her hands. She is just as comely as the Tyrell girl. Her hair was a rich autumn auburn, her eyes a deep Tully blue. Grief had given her a haunted, vulnerable look; if anything, it had only made her more beautiful.
’Old or young, a true knight is sworn to protect those who are weaker than himself, or die in the attempt.’
-Brienne of Tarth
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“Serve the boar at my funeral feast,” Robert rasped. “Apple in its mouth, skin crisp. Eat the bastard. Don’t care if you choke on him. Promise me Ned.”
“I promise.” Promise me Ned, Lyanna’s voice echoed…
The king closed his eyes & seemed to relax. “Killed by a pig,” he muttered.
“Asha?”
Her hand went to her dirk at once … Another ghost. “Tris. I’d thought to find you in the hall.”
“I wanted to see you.”
“What part of me, I wonder?” She grinned. “Well, here I stand, all grown up. Look all you like.”
“A woman.” He moved closer. “And beautiful.”