Eddard

           ThegreylightofdawnwasstreamingthroughhiswindowwhenthethunderofhoofbeatsawokeEddardStarkfromhisbrief,exhaustedsleep.Heliftedhisheadfromthetabletolookdownintotheyard.Below,meninmailandleatherandcrimsoncloaksweremakingthemorningringtothesoundofswords,andridingdownmockwarriorsstuffedwithstraw.NedwatchedSandorCleganegallopacrossthehard-packedgroundtodriveaniron-tippedlancethroughadummy’shead.CanvasrippedandstrawexplodedasLannisterguardsmenjokedandcursed.

           Isthisbraveshowformybenefit?hewondered.Ifso,Cerseiwasagreaterfoolthanhe’dimagined.Damnher,hethought,whyisthewomannotfled?Ihavegivenherchanceafterchance...

           Themorningwasovercastandgrim.NedbrokehisfastwithhisdaughtersandSeptaMordane.Sansa,stilldisconsolate,staredsullenlyatherfoodandrefusedtoeat,butAryawolfeddowneverythingthatwassetinfrontofher."Syriosayswehavetimeforonelastlessonbeforewetakeshipthisevening,"shesaid."CanI,Father?Allmythingsarepacked."

           "Ashortlesson,andmakecertainyouleaveyourselftimetobatheandchange.Iwantyoureadytoleavebymidday,isthatunderstood?"

           "Bymidday,"Aryasaid.

           Sansalookedupfromherfood."Ifshecanhaveadancinglesson,whywon’tyouletmesayfarewelltoPrinceJoffrey?"

           "Iwouldgladlygowithher,LordEddard,"SeptaMordaneoffered."Therewouldbenoquestionofhermissingtheship."

           "ItwouldnotbewiseforyoutogotoJoffreyrightnow,Sansa.

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