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Tyrion

           SurroundedbyacircleofVelaryonspearmen,theyfoughtbacktoback;theymadebattleasgracefulasadance.

           Hisownkillingwasaclumsything.Hestabbedonemaninthekidneywhenhisbackwasturned,andgrabbedanotherbythelegandupendedhimintotheriver.Arrowshissedpasthisheadandclatteredoffhisarmor;onelodgedbetweenshoulderandbreastplate,butheneverfeltit.Anakedmanfellfromtheskyandlandedonthedeck,bodyburstinglikeamelondroppedfromatower.HisbloodspatteredthroughtheslitofTyrion’shelm.Stonesbegantoplummetdown,crashingthroughthedecksandturningmentopulp,untilthewholebridgegaveashudderandtwistedviolentlyunderfoot,knockinghimsideways.

           Suddenlytheriverwaspouringintohishelm.Herippeditoffandcrawledalongthelistingdeckuntilthewaterwasonlyneck-deep.Agroaningfilledtheair,likethedeathcriesofsomeenormousbeast,Theship,hehadtimetothink,theship’sabouttotearloose.Thebrokengalleyswererippingapart,thebridgebreakingapart.Nosoonerhadhecometothatrealizationthanheheardasuddencrack,loudasthunder,thedecklurchedbeneathhim,andheslidbackdownintothewater.

           Thelistwassosteephehadtoclimbbackup,haulinghimselfalongasnappedlineinchbybloodyinch.Outofthecornerofhiseye,hesawthehulkthey’dbeentangledwithdriftingdownstreamwiththecurrent,spinningslowlyasmenleaptoverherside.

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