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Catelyn

           WouldthatIwerewiththem."

           AcrackrandownthroughtheMother’slefteye.Itmadeherlookasifshewerecrying.CatelyncouldhearSerWendel’sboomingvoice,andnowandagainSerRobar’squietanswers,astheytalkedofthecomingbattle.Otherwisethenightwasstill.Notevenacricketcouldbeheard,andthegodskepttheirsilence.Didyouroldgodseveransweryou,Ned?shewondered.Whenyoukneltbeforeyourhearttree,didtheyhearyou?

           Flickeringtorchlightdancedacrossthewalls,makingthefacesseemhalfalive,twistingthem,changingthem.Thestatuesinthegreatseptsofthecitiesworethefacesthestonemasonshadgiventhem,butthesecharcoalscratchingsweresocrudetheymightbeanyone.TheFather’sfacemadeherthinkofherownfather,dyinginhisbedatRiverrun.TheWarriorwasRenlyandStannis,RobbandRobert,JaimeLannisterandJonSnow.SheevenglimpsedAryainthoselines,justforaninstant.Thenagustofwindthroughthedoormadethetorchsputter,andthesemblancewasgone,washedawayinorangeglare.

           Thesmokewasmakinghereyesburn.Sherubbedatthemwiththeheelsofherscarredhands.WhenshelookedupattheMotheragain,itwasherownmothershesaw.LadyMinisaTullyhaddiedinchildbed,tryingtogiveLordHosterasecondson.Thebabyhadperishedwithher,andafterwardsomeofthelifehadgoneoutofFather.Shewasalwayssocalm,Catelynthought,rememberinghermother’ssofthands,herwarmsmile.

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