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Davos

           TheVelaryongalleyexplodedlikeachild’stoydroppedfromatower,sprayingsplintersaslongasaman’sarm.

           Throughblacksmokeandswirlinggreenfire,Davosglimpsedaswarmofsmallboatsbearingdownriver:aconfusionofferriesandwherries,barges,skiffs,rowboats,andhulksthatlookedtoorottentofloat.Itstankofdesperation;suchdriftwoodcouldnotturnthetideofafight,onlygetintheway.Thelinesofbattlewerehopelesslyensnarled,hesaw.Offtoport,LordSteffon,RaggedJenna,andSwiftSwordhadbrokenthroughandweresweepingupriver.Thestarboardwingwasheavilyengaged,however,andthecenterhadshatteredunderthestonesofthosetrebuchets,somecaptainsturningdownstream,othersveeringtoport,anythingtoescapethatcrushingrain.Furyhadswungheraftcatapulttofirebackatthecity,butshelackedtherange;thebarrelsofpitchwereshatteringunderthewalls.Sceptrehadlostmostofheroars,andFaithfulhadbeenrammedandwasstartingtolist.HetookBlackBethabetweenthem,andstruckaglancingblowatQueenCersei’sornatecarved-and-gildedpleasurebarge,ladenwithsoldiersinsteadofsweetmeatsnow.Thecollisionspilledadozenofthemintotheriver,whereBetha’sarcherspickedthemoffastheytriedtostayafloat.

           Matthos’sshoutalertedhimtothedangerfromport;oneoftheLannistergalleyswascomingabouttoram."Hardtostarboard,"Davosshouted.

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