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Tyrion

           TyrionwatchedthempushoffandpoleouttowardthecenteroftheBlackwater.HefeltaqueertwingeinthepitofhisstomachasShaggafadedinthemorningmist.Hewasgoingtofeelnakedwithouthisclansmen.

           HestillhadBronn’shirelings,neareighthundredofthemnow,butsellswordswerenotoriouslyfickle.Tyrionhaddonewhathecouldtobuytheircontinuedloyalty,promisingBronnandadozenofhisbestmenlandsandknighthoodswhenthebattlewaswon.They’ddrunkhiswine,laughedathisjests,andcalledeachotherseruntiltheywereallstaggering...allbutBronnhimself,who’donlysmiledthatinsolentdarksmileofhisandafterwardsaid,"They’llkillforthatknighthood,butdon’teverthinkthey’lldieforit."

           Tyrionhadnosuchdelusion.

           Thegoldcloakswerealmostasuncertainaweapon.SixthousandmenintheCityWatch,thankstoCersei,butonlyaquarterofthemcouldbereliedupon."There’sfewout-and-outtraitors,thoughthere’ssome,evenyourspiderhasn’tfoundthemall,"Bywaterhadwarnedhim."Butthere’shundredsgreenerthanspringgrass,menwhojoinedforbreadandaleandsafety.Nomanlikestolookcraveninthesightofhisfellows,sothey’llfightbraveenoughatthestart,whenit’sallwarhornsandblowingbanners.Butifthebattlelookstobegoingsourthey’llbreak,andthey’llbreakbad.Thefirstmantothrowdownhisspearandrunwillhaveathousandmoretroddingonhisheels."

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