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Daenerys

           "Ifitweresomeoneelsewholedthem?Someonestronger?CouldtheDothrakitrulyconquertheSevenKingdoms?"

           SerJorah’sfacegrewthoughtfulastheirhorsestrodtogetherdownthegodsway."WhenIfirstwentintoexile,IlookedattheDothrakiandsawhalf-nakedbarbarians,aswildastheirhorses.Ifyouhadaskedmethen,Princess,IshouldhavetoldyouthatathousandgoodknightswouldhavenotroubleputtingtoflightahundredtimesasmanyDothraki."

           "ButifIaskedyounow?"

           "Now,"theknightsaid,"Iamlesscertain.Theyarebetterridersthananyknight,utterlyfearless,andtheirbowsoutrangeours.IntheSevenKingdoms,mostarchersfightonfoot,frombehindashieldwallorabarricadeofsharpenedstakes.TheDothrakifirefromhorseback,chargingorretreating,itmakesnomatter,theyarefullasdeadly...andtherearesomanyofthem,mylady.Yourlordhusbandalonecountsfortythousandmountedwarriorsinhiskhalasar."

           "Isthattrulysomany?"

           "YourbrotherRhaegarbroughtasmanymentotheTrident,"SerJorahadmitted,"butofthatnumber,nomorethanatenthwereknights.Therestwerearchers,freeriders,andfootsoldiersarmedwithspearsandpikes.WhenRhaegarfell,manythrewdowntheirweaponsandfledthefield.Howlongdoyouimaginesucharabblewouldstandagainstthechargeoffortythousandscreamershowlingforblood?Howwellwouldboiledleatherjerkinsandmailedshirtsprotectthemwhenthearrowsfalllikerain?"

           "Notlong,"shesaid,"notwell."

           Henodded.

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