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Theon

           Ifhe’supwithoneofthosepoxywhores,I’llstripthehideoffhim,hewasthinkingwhenhefinallyspiedtheboy,dicingnearthehearth...andwinningtoo,bythelookofthepileofcoinsbeforehim.

           "Timetogo,"Theonannounced.Whentheboypaidhimnomind,heseizedhimbytheearandpulledhimfromthegame.Wexgrabbedupafistfulofcoppersandcamealongwithoutaword.ThatwasoneofthethingsTheonlikedbestabouthim.Mostsquireshaveloosetongues,butWexhadbeenborndumb...whichdidn’tseemtokeephimfrombeingcleverasanytwelve-year-oldhadarighttobe.HewasabasebornsonofoneofLordBotley’shalfbrothers.TakinghimassquirehadbeenpartofthepriceTheonhadpaidforhishorse.

           WhenWexsawEsgred,hiseyeswentround.You’dthinkhe’dneverseenawomanbefore,Theonthought."EsgredwillberidingwithmebacktoPyke.Saddlethehorses,andbequickaboutit."

           TheboyhadriddeninonascrawnylittlegarronfromLordBalon’sstable,butTheon’smountwasquiteanothersortofbeast."Wheredidyoufindthathellhorse?"Esgredaskedwhenshesawhim,butfromthewayshelaughedheknewshewasimpressed.

           "LordBotleyboughthiminLannisportayearpast,butheprovedtobetoomuchhorseforhim,soBotleywaspleasedtosell."TheIronIslandsweretoosparseandrockyforbreedinggoodhorses.Mostoftheislanderswereindifferentridersatbest,morecomfortableonthedeckofalongshipthaninthesaddle.

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