1. I'll kill them!Copy !req
2. I'll kill them all!Copy !req
3. Traitors and villains!Copy !req
4. - They dare strike at me!
- Your Grace.Copy !req
5. - I am the king!
- Your Grace! Yes, yes.Copy !req
6. - I am the king!
- Yes, Your Grace. Uh, please, Your Grace.Copy !req
7. Traitors and villains!Copy !req
8. Fire from the sky.Copy !req
9. This is war!
I declare war!Copy !req
10. I declare war!Copy !req
11. The gates have been shut.Copy !req
12. The search
progresses.Copy !req
13. The villain
will be found.Copy !req
14. We mustn't be
shaken by this.Copy !req
15. This act.Copy !req
16. - The child.
- The child is dead.Copy !req
17. His pain is ended.Copy !req
18. But what they've done
to-to-to my girl.Copy !req
19. Yes.Copy !req
20. And they will
pay for this.Copy !req
21. - Who will pay?
- Whosever hand did this or caused it to be done.Copy !req
22. And what if the hand
that's done itCopy !req
23. is not who must be blamed?Copy !req
24. The gods punish us.
They punish me.Copy !req
25. For what sin?Copy !req
26. Daughter, listen to me.Copy !req
27. We will mourn
as we must,Copy !req
28. but... some good
may yet come of this.Copy !req
29. And where were
the members of this councilCopy !req
30. while the murderer
threatened their king?Copy !req
31. Were you also threatened,
Your Grace?Copy !req
32. I could have been!Copy !req
33. My son is my legacy!Copy !req
34. My son is heir
to the Iron Throne!Copy !req
35. And where
were you,Copy !req
36. the Lord Commander
of my Kingsguard?Copy !req
37. I was abed, Your Grace,
having ordered the Night's Watch.Copy !req
38. Abed.Copy !req
39. Abed!Copy !req
40. Instead of safeguarding
the sanctity of my family!Copy !req
41. This is not the time
for blind accusations, Your Grace.Copy !req
42. We'll know
who did this soon enough.Copy !req
43. Who did this?
Who d... What?Copy !req
44. Is there any question
who did this?Copy !req
45. Who would do this
save the bitch queen of bastards,Copy !req
46. the smug cunt
of Dragonstone?Copy !req
47. There she sits
across the bay,Copy !req
48. on her rock,
laughing at me.Copy !req
49. She's fucking laughing at me!Copy !req
50. You wished her life
to be spared.Copy !req
51. If I may,
Your Grace.Copy !req
52. My Lords.Copy !req
53. The guard has
detained someone.Copy !req
54. The man we apprehended
is known to us.Copy !req
55. He's a gold cloak.Copy !req
56. Noted for his
brutal nature.Copy !req
57. We caught him, fleeing
the Gate of the GodsCopy !req
58. with the child's
head in a sack.Copy !req
59. - I'll kill him myself.
- We'd do well to get what information we canCopy !req
60. from the blackguard.Copy !req
61. I trust in the mastery
of your trade, Lord Larys.Copy !req
62. Oh, always studying,
always protocol.Copy !req
63. - We know our enemy!
- A king may haveCopy !req
64. more than one enemy,
Your Grace.Copy !req
65. We would do well to ascertain
if this is your sister's hand...Copy !req
66. or if there is a serpent nestled
closer to our bosoms.Copy !req
67. I suppose you're
right, Ironrod.Copy !req
68. Could be anyone.Copy !req
69. It could be any one of you
in this room.Copy !req
70. Lord Jasper is correct.Copy !req
71. In one sense,
we must determine what happenedCopy !req
72. and... if we in the Keep
are still in peril.Copy !req
73. In another sense,
of course...Copy !req
74. it doesn't matter.Copy !req
75. You mean
to blame Rhaenyra.Copy !req
76. Tell the realm
she has done this.Copy !req
77. I'll have the realm
told nothing.Copy !req
78. We were assaulted
within our own walls.Copy !req
79. Within our own beds.Copy !req
80. I will not
be seen as weak.Copy !req
81. You're already seen
as weak, Aegon.Copy !req
82. You fucking...Copy !req
83. A hasty coronation,
a dragon escaping the pit.Copy !req
84. The people
see an omen.Copy !req
85. They whisper
in the streets.Copy !req
86. They say,
perhaps Rhaenyra should be queen.Copy !req
87. And so, you would
name her: monster.Copy !req
88. Slayer of infants.Copy !req
89. I would do more than that.Copy !req
90. A funeral progress.
Let them see the child.Copy !req
91. Let them look
upon the worksCopy !req
92. of this pretender
to the throne.Copy !req
93. Father.Copy !req
94. - My king...
- No.Copy !req
95. I will not have
my little son's bodyCopy !req
96. dragged through the street
like a dead dog.Copy !req
97. Not dragged! Honored!Copy !req
98. Escorted to
the dragon pitCopy !req
99. to be burned
as a Targaryen prince.Copy !req
100. Your Grace.Copy !req
101. No.Copy !req
102. Let no one say
I do not grieve.Copy !req
103. Jaehaerys was my grandson.Copy !req
104. I loved him.Copy !req
105. I will not have
him die in vain.Copy !req
106. Those who declared
for Rhaenyra,Copy !req
107. will they still
support herCopy !req
108. when they hear
of her depravity?Copy !req
109. Or will they rather
not renounce her?Copy !req
110. Jaehaerys will do
more for us nowCopy !req
111. than a thousand
knights in battle.Copy !req
112. You will have your war,
Your Grace.Copy !req
113. But if you wait
a short time,Copy !req
114. you may yet double
your strength.Copy !req
115. Mother.Copy !req
116. The Hand sets on a difficult path,
my darling,Copy !req
117. but it, it might be
the right one.Copy !req
118. Let the Silent Sisters ready the prince
for his final journey.Copy !req
119. And riding behind him,
his mother the Queen,Copy !req
120. and with her,
the Queen Dowager.Copy !req
121. No, I do not wish
to be a spectacle.Copy !req
122. The realm must see
the sorrow of the crown,Copy !req
123. a sorrow best expressedCopy !req
124. through its most
gentle souls.Copy !req
125. I think you'll all agree
the king himself must be spared.Copy !req
126. There's to be a funeral
for Jaehaerys.Copy !req
127. We've been asked
to ride on a wagon behind his body.Copy !req
128. I don't want to.Copy !req
129. Neither do I.Copy !req
130. But when a thing
like this happens...Copy !req
131. a blow to the king
is a blow to the realm.Copy !req
132. When the people share our grief,
they draw closer to us.Copy !req
133. I don't want them closer.Copy !req
134. I don't know them.Copy !req
135. Sometimes,
we have to pretend.Copy !req
136. Why?Copy !req
137. We are representatives of the throne.
We have a duty.Copy !req
138. Helaena, what you saw last night
when you came to my room...Copy !req
139. This is for my boy.Copy !req
140. I was, I was hired
by Daemon Targaryen.Copy !req
141. He paid us.
Half now, half when the job is done.Copy !req
142. - Who is "us"?
- A-A ratcatcher.Copy !req
143. Employed by the household.Copy !req
144. I don't know
his right name.Copy !req
145. Behold the works
of Rhaenyra Targaryen!Copy !req
146. Pretender to the throne!Copy !req
147. Kinslayer!Copy !req
148. Deepest sympathies,
my Queen.Copy !req
149. Gods be with you,
my Queen.Copy !req
150. We support you,
Queen Helaena.Copy !req
151. Defiler of the innocent!Copy !req
152. Behold the works
of Rhaenyra, the cruel!Copy !req
153. Are you gonna hurt me?Copy !req
154. No.Copy !req
155. But I cannot vouch
for His Grace.Copy !req
156. Behold the works
of Rhaenyra Targaryen!Copy !req
157. Our Queen!Copy !req
158. Pretender to the throne!Copy !req
159. Kinslayer!Copy !req
160. Queen Helaena!Copy !req
161. What's happening there?Copy !req
162. What's going on?
Move it, then!Copy !req
163. - Queen Helaena!
- Helaena.Copy !req
164. Queen Helaena!Copy !req
165. Helaena.Copy !req
166. Heave! Heave!Copy !req
167. A curse, a curse on Rhaenyra,
the monstrous!Copy !req
168. It is yet unclear
how the Keep itself was breached.Copy !req
169. The boy's head was
severed from his body.Copy !req
170. Thousands witnessed
the procession.Copy !req
171. And they are accusing me
of having a hand in this.Copy !req
172. It appears so.Copy !req
173. There have been messages
sent to that effectCopy !req
174. throughout the realm.Copy !req
175. We must send
our own messages,Copy !req
176. denying this
vile allegation.Copy !req
177. I will do so at once,Copy !req
178. but I'm not sure they will be received
in good faith.Copy !req
179. And we must double our guard,
here and in Driftmark.Copy !req
180. There will be swift
retribution in one form or another...Copy !req
181. I have seen to it,
Your Grace.Copy !req
182. Let me fly out on Vermax.Copy !req
183. Rhaenys is needed in the Gullet
and I can watch for movementsCopy !req
184. - from King's Landing.
- No.Copy !req
185. It must be said
that the damageCopy !req
186. to our position
is immeasurable,Copy !req
187. at a time when
we most need loyalty to our cause.Copy !req
188. B-But it's a lie.Copy !req
189. Having lost my own son,Copy !req
190. that I would inflict
such a thing on Helaena,Copy !req
191. of all people...Copy !req
192. an innocent.Copy !req
193. The death of Prince LucerysCopy !req
194. was a shock and an insult.Copy !req
195. A mother so aggrieved
might, naturally,Copy !req
196. - seek relief in retribution.
- Are you suggesting, Ser Alfred,Copy !req
197. that my grief drove me
to order the decapitation of a child?Copy !req
198. I merely thought, perhaps,
an action taken in haste.Copy !req
199. Mind yourself.Copy !req
200. Did you send assassins
to murder children in their beds?Copy !req
201. I sent the queen's
vengeance for her son.Copy !req
202. What did you tell
this "vengeance"?Copy !req
203. What did you say
to him, Daemon,Copy !req
204. that a boy lies dead
and I am accusedCopy !req
205. - of killing it?
- Mysaria provided me with namesCopy !req
206. and a subterfuge.Copy !req
207. I was clear
in my instructions:Copy !req
208. Aemond, the brother
of Aegon the Usurper.Copy !req
209. - I cannot be responsible for a mistake.
- Cannot be responsible?Copy !req
210. If Aemond was not
to be found,Copy !req
211. what were your
instructions then?Copy !req
212. They did not concern,
in any way,Copy !req
213. - that of a little child.
- You said that it was your aimCopy !req
214. to spill Hightower blood,Copy !req
215. and if not Aemond,
then anyone would do.Copy !req
216. - No.
- You have wounded me.Copy !req
217. Weakened my claim
to the throne,Copy !req
218. my ability
to raise an army,Copy !req
219. my standing among
my own council.Copy !req
220. I said no.Copy !req
221. I don't believe you.Copy !req
222. And so we come to it,
at long last.Copy !req
223. Cannot trust you, Daemon.Copy !req
224. I've never trusted
you, wholly...Copy !req
225. much though I wished to,
willed myself to.Copy !req
226. But now I have seen
that your heart belongs only to you.Copy !req
227. And when I was a child,
I took this as a challenge.Copy !req
228. But I am older now.
I have challenges enough.Copy !req
229. - I have served you faithfully.
- Have you?Copy !req
230. Or have you used me
as a toolCopy !req
231. with which to grasp
at your stolen inheritance?Copy !req
232. When Ser Erryk
brought you the crown...Copy !req
233. did I myself not place it
upon your brow?Copy !req
234. Yes, but before that,Copy !req
235. you sought to lead
a council of warCopy !req
236. while I labored alone
in my bedchamber.Copy !req
237. And afterward,
when I thought it meet to considerCopy !req
238. - the terms our foes put before us...
- A folly! A folly!Copy !req
239. To give up my brother's throne
to the traitorous liesCopy !req
240. - of Otto Hightower!
- My throne, Daemon,Copy !req
241. mine!Copy !req
242. I think you used
my words as an excuseCopy !req
243. to take your
own revenge...Copy !req
244. to indulge the darkness you keep sheathed
within you like a blade.Copy !req
245. You think me some
kind of monster...Copy !req
246. Oh, I don't know
what to think of you.Copy !req
247. I don't know what you are,
or who it is you serve.Copy !req
248. Am I not
on my way, even now,Copy !req
249. to Harrenhal to raise an army in your name,
Rhaenyra? Yours!Copy !req
250. Do you accept me
as your queen and ruler?Copy !req
251. Or do you cling, even now,
to what you think you lost?Copy !req
252. - What I think I lost?
- You did not lose it.Copy !req
253. You gave it away...Copy !req
254. because you thought ever and only
of your own glory,Copy !req
255. and not of my father
in his griefCopy !req
256. - who needed you.
- Your father was a cowardCopy !req
257. who knew I was
the stronger son,Copy !req
258. that I was
the leader of menCopy !req
259. and he was afraid
to be seen in my shadow.Copy !req
260. Is that what you understand
of your own brother?Copy !req
261. Oh, you know him
better than I do,Copy !req
262. who was raised
at his side?Copy !req
263. Do you believe
he made you heirCopy !req
264. because of your
great wisdom?Copy !req
265. Because of your virtue?Copy !req
266. - How dare you...
- Or did he merely use you as a toolCopy !req
267. to put me in my placeCopy !req
268. because he was
afraid of me?Copy !req
269. Because he knew your legacy,
unlike mine,Copy !req
270. would never
outshine his own.Copy !req
271. He was not afraid
of you, Daemon!Copy !req
272. He could not trust you...Copy !req
273. any more than I can trust you.Copy !req
274. He was a fool...
who sought greatnessCopy !req
275. but shrank from spilling blood
to achieve it.Copy !req
276. And I see you will
suffer the same fate.Copy !req
277. You struck down a child.Copy !req
278. It was a mistake.Copy !req
279. You're pathetic.Copy !req
280. Father?Copy !req
281. You wish to see me,
Your Grace?Copy !req
282. When morning comes,
take MoondancerCopy !req
283. and keep a watch
on King's Landing.Copy !req
284. I must know
which course they take next.Copy !req
285. I will be vigilant.Copy !req
286. I depend on you,
Baela.Copy !req
287. Stay high and keep
your distance.Copy !req
288. We can afford
no further mistakes.Copy !req
289. My father?Copy !req
290. He must follow
his own path.Copy !req
291. If you please,
m'lord.Copy !req
292. Have you
told anyone?Copy !req
293. What do you take me for?Copy !req
294. One who seeks
absolution.Copy !req
295. There is none
for what I've done.Copy !req
296. What is this?Copy !req
297. It's a reminder
of yesterday, I think.Copy !req
298. The procession
was muddy.Copy !req
299. - I'll replace it hence.
- Do it now.Copy !req
300. The night was long,
Ser Criston,Copy !req
301. - and I had not eaten...
- You defy my authority, Ser Arryk.Copy !req
302. - I do not.
- The white cloak is a symbol of our purity...Copy !req
303. our fidelity.Copy !req
304. Kingsguard are
a sacred trust.Copy !req
305. Will you so easily sully
our ancient honor?Copy !req
306. I have erred,
my lord.Copy !req
307. I'll remedy
the error.Copy !req
308. Where were you
when Jaehaerys was murdered?Copy !req
309. With King Aegon.Copy !req
310. And you were not
in the private quartersCopy !req
311. where you might have
prevented the crime.Copy !req
312. His Grace wished to entertain his companions
in the throne room.Copy !req
313. But if you had thought
to go upstairs...Copy !req
314. Where were you,
Lord Commander?Copy !req
315. And why has Helaena the queen
been granted no sworn protector?Copy !req
316. Surely once
she ascended, she...Copy !req
317. Your brother is
a thief and a traitorCopy !req
318. to the crown!Copy !req
319. You well know
how it pains me.Copy !req
320. How are we to know that
you do not secretly shareCopy !req
321. - his sentiments?
- I denounced him before the king.Copy !req
322. We were one soul
in two bodies, yes.Copy !req
323. If I'd shared his sentiments,
I would've fled with him.Copy !req
324. First,
your brother betrays us.Copy !req
325. And then
the young prince...Copy !req
326. is murdered...
on your watch.Copy !req
327. You are mad, Ser.Copy !req
328. - Mad! You cannot think that I did this!
- What I think has no relevance!Copy !req
329. You have brought disgrace
upon our ranks...Copy !req
330. and now you must
restore it.Copy !req
331. How am I to do that?Copy !req
332. You will go
to DragonstoneCopy !req
333. and strike down Rhaenyra
in her own halls.Copy !req
334. The way she sought
to do with Aemond.Copy !req
335. We will pay the princess back
in her own bloody coin.Copy !req
336. - Alone?
- Does your courage fail you, Ser Arryk?Copy !req
337. It's not a matter
of courage.Copy !req
338. The castle is defended against all enemies,
now especially.Copy !req
339. - How would I enter?
- Your twin serves thereCopy !req
340. at the pleasure
of the so-called queen.Copy !req
341. They will mistake you for him
if you play the part.Copy !req
342. We are sworn
to serve forthrightly,Copy !req
343. not to traffic
in deception.Copy !req
344. Put down
the pretenderCopy !req
345. and you will end a war
before it begins.Copy !req
346. - If they see the two of us...
- You must not let that happen.Copy !req
347. - You would send me to my death.
- Or to triumph.Copy !req
348. And glory.Copy !req
349. Now, will you go?Copy !req
350. Or must I question
your loyalty to the king?Copy !req
351. As you command...
my lord.Copy !req
352. You missed supper.Copy !req
353. I wasn't hungry.Copy !req
354. I don't think
anyone was, really.Copy !req
355. Too many
empty seats.Copy !req
356. Do you know
where he went?Copy !req
357. Harrenhal, I would think.Copy !req
358. Sometimes I think
I hate him.Copy !req
359. It's hard...
with fathers.Copy !req
360. What do you remember
of my uncle?Copy !req
361. He taught us to catch fish...Copy !req
362. and sing
sailors' shanties.Copy !req
363. He had a weakness
for cake.Copy !req
364. And...
Ser Harwin Strong?Copy !req
365. He was gentle,
and fierce.Copy !req
366. They called him "Breakbones."Copy !req
367. He loved us...
I think.Copy !req
368. Of course, he did.Copy !req
369. I miss Luke.Copy !req
370. Daemon sent them
to kill me.Copy !req
371. I was out.Copy !req
372. You were with me.Copy !req
373. In truth,
I am proud...Copy !req
374. that he considers me
such a foe.Copy !req
375. And that he seeks
to murder me in my bed.Copy !req
376. He's afraid of me.Copy !req
377. As well he should be.Copy !req
378. The boy is grown
into a man.Copy !req
379. Mm. No. Not here.Copy !req
380. Hm.Copy !req
381. I do regret that business
with Luke.Copy !req
382. I lost my temper
that day.Copy !req
383. I am sorry for it.Copy !req
384. I am glad to hear it.Copy !req
385. They used to tease me,
you know?Copy !req
386. Because I was different.Copy !req
387. I would remind you only that
when princes lose their temper,Copy !req
388. it is often others
who suffer.Copy !req
389. The smallfolk...
Like me.Copy !req
390. How is she?Copy !req
391. Much the same.Copy !req
392. The markets have been running low
since the blockade.Copy !req
393. Surely the city
cannot yet be short of food.Copy !req
394. I think not,
but people are afraid.Copy !req
395. Those with means are hoarding
everything they can.Copy !req
396. I walked two hours today
to find a chicken for the potCopy !req
397. and paid three times
as much as I should have.Copy !req
398. The selfishness
of people.Copy !req
399. I cannot blame
anyone for doingCopy !req
400. what I myself
would do if I could.Copy !req
401. I don't think you'd
let children go hungryCopy !req
402. while you filled
your own cellars.Copy !req
403. Lucky we don't have
enough coin to find out.Copy !req
404. The king has promised
us some relief.Copy !req
405. Did he say when?Copy !req
406. I'm afraid, Hugh.Copy !req
407. I see all your
great adventuresCopy !req
408. have done nothing
for your looks.Copy !req
409. Well met, brother,
after many months away.Copy !req
410. I missed you.Copy !req
411. Did you slay
many pirates?Copy !req
412. Oh, more than you, to be sure.Copy !req
413. Ha, a jest.Copy !req
414. One you may regret
as you're supping alone tonight.Copy !req
415. I regret it already.Copy !req
416. I've broken my teeth
on hard tack, Addam.Copy !req
417. Say you have a pot
of your goat stew simmering at home.Copy !req
418. You're in luck.Copy !req
419. In more ways than one.Copy !req
420. I hear Lord Corlys himself commended you
for your service to him.Copy !req
421. - He did.
- Will you sail with himCopy !req
422. when his ship
has been repaired?Copy !req
423. I am one of a dozen shipwrights
now called from HullCopy !req
424. to attend
with all speed to your fleet.Copy !req
425. He made no offer.Copy !req
426. And I would rather he didn't,
truth be told.Copy !req
427. Do not be foolish, Alyn.Copy !req
428. To serve with the Sea Snake
is to make your fortune.Copy !req
429. Had I such a chance,
I would leap at it.Copy !req
430. That's because you haven't seen
what I've seen.Copy !req
431. There is a war
brewing, Addam.Copy !req
432. - A real one.
- Another opportunity to distinguish yourself.Copy !req
433. - Remind him of your worth.
- Oh, I need no favors.Copy !req
434. But, brother,
he owes you, he owes us.Copy !req
435. Does the stew have
carrots in it?Copy !req
436. I mistrust this silence.Copy !req
437. Daemon flies when we most need
his hand at the oar.Copy !req
438. Devotion has never
sat well with him.Copy !req
439. Where he goes,
he wishes to be his own master.Copy !req
440. Well, he is
the king consort.Copy !req
441. But he is not
the king.Copy !req
442. Neither am I,
but I manage.Copy !req
443. I too have felt
the crown pass over me.Copy !req
444. It is a hard thing
to accept.Copy !req
445. And now Viserys is dead
and all claims are in doubt.Copy !req
446. You do not think...
Daemon will challenge her?Copy !req
447. Not as such.Copy !req
448. But neither can he allow
her to command him.Copy !req
449. Pity.Copy !req
450. I have, on occasion,
found that to be... quite enjoyable.Copy !req
451. Let us take him
at his word.Copy !req
452. If he can take Harrenhal,
all may well be forgiven.Copy !req
453. In the meantime,
I am here.Copy !req
454. And Meleys.Copy !req
455. We will not let
the queen falter.Copy !req
456. The lady Mysaria,
Your Grace.Copy !req
457. You're aware of yesterday's events
in King's Landing?Copy !req
458. I am.Copy !req
459. Tell me what part you played
in their unfolding.Copy !req
460. I had nothing
to do with it.Copy !req
461. I know you are entwined
with the usurpers,Copy !req
462. that you aided them
in denying me my birthright.Copy !req
463. I took profits
from an inevitability.Copy !req
464. I regret it now.Copy !req
465. I'm sure you do.Copy !req
466. Who are you?Copy !req
467. A prisoner.Copy !req
468. I gave Daemon two names.
That is the extent of it.Copy !req
469. And I did not wish
to do that much.Copy !req
470. He said it was
the price of my freedom.Copy !req
471. Does he say otherwise?Copy !req
472. He is gone.Copy !req
473. For how long?Copy !req
474. A week, or forever.
I do not know.Copy !req
475. He does do that...
doesn't he?Copy !req
476. You remember
me now.Copy !req
477. He said he would
marry you.Copy !req
478. - He said you carried his child.
- Not everyone found the jest funny.Copy !req
479. And now it seems
he's done it again,Copy !req
480. made a promise
and then slipped away.Copy !req
481. You trade in the secrets
of the Red Keep.Copy !req
482. Your web runs unseen
through King's Landing.Copy !req
483. And now... when my enemy coils
himself to strike at me...Copy !req
484. I can do nothing nowCopy !req
485. but ask you to honor
your husband's words.Copy !req
486. It would not serve me
to set you free.Copy !req
487. At best,
I lose an asset to my cause.Copy !req
488. At worst,
you betray me in some foul way.Copy !req
489. I have no interest
in betraying you, Your Grace.Copy !req
490. So you say.Copy !req
491. I was brought
to Westeros with nothing.Copy !req
492. I toiled in service,
I stole.Copy !req
493. I sold my own body
for coin or bread.Copy !req
494. And I listened.Copy !req
495. I collected confidences.
I made myself valuable to powerful men.Copy !req
496. Bit by bit,
I earned my living.Copy !req
497. A house,
a household, a home.Copy !req
498. Then they set it
all aflame.Copy !req
499. - Who did?
- The Hightowers, I can only assume.Copy !req
500. The Hand... did not like it
when I showed my teeth.Copy !req
501. But I thank him for it.Copy !req
502. For too long, I made it
my aim to be of consequence.Copy !req
503. But now, I see
that was the wish of a child.Copy !req
504. Daemon.
Otto Hightower.Copy !req
505. Makes no difference.Copy !req
506. They will never
accept me.Copy !req
507. I might as well
have remained a whore.Copy !req
508. How did you get that scar?Copy !req
509. Oh no.Copy !req
510. My son.Copy !req
511. - Who are they?
- Ratcatchers.Copy !req
512. In the king's employ.Copy !req
513. What'd they do?Copy !req
514. What have you done?Copy !req
515. The ratcatchers!Copy !req
516. Oh... I had
them hanged.Copy !req
517. The maggot who took
my son confessed to an accomplice.Copy !req
518. He could not say
for certain which man it was, so...Copy !req
519. - Idiot!
- Beware how you speak to your king, my lord.Copy !req
520. The king is my grandson
and my grandson is a fool!Copy !req
521. He's worse than a fool!
He's murdered innocent men!Copy !req
522. - And one guilty one.
- And hanged them from the walls of the city for all to see!Copy !req
523. Plot against the king,
and I will pay it back a hun...Copy !req
524. They are fathers
and brothers and sons!Copy !req
525. And their wives and children
gather now at our gates to weepCopy !req
526. and curse your name!Copy !req
527. With your
child's blood,Copy !req
528. we bought
their approval.Copy !req
529. With your
mother's tears,Copy !req
530. we made a bitter sacrificeCopy !req
531. against the deprivations
to come.Copy !req
532. And you've thrown it away.Copy !req
533. After all
I've done for you.Copy !req
534. Thoughtless,
feckless...Copy !req
535. self-indulgent.Copy !req
536. At least I did something.Copy !req
537. I have not answered
injury to the crown with, what?Copy !req
538. Wailing and currying favor
with the fishwives?Copy !req
539. I will not be thought weak.Copy !req
540. Even now,
news of Rhaenyra's monstrous crimeCopy !req
541. spreads through the realm.Copy !req
542. The great houses falter.Copy !req
543. They cannot
but come to our side.Copy !req
544. I wish to spill
blood, not ink!Copy !req
545. We must act.Copy !req
546. Ser Criston Cole
has acted.Copy !req
547. And what... has
Ser Criston Cole done?Copy !req
548. He has sent Ser Arryk
to slay Rhaenyra.Copy !req
549. Alone?Copy !req
550. He's pretending to be
his own twin. Brilliant.Copy !req
551. Gods help us all.Copy !req
552. It's time
the bitch queen paid a price.Copy !req
553. And you acceded
to this, this prankCopy !req
554. without consulting me
or the council?Copy !req
555. Instead of judgment,
you display impetuousness,Copy !req
556. and diminish us
in the eyes of our enemy!Copy !req
557. Ill-considered, trifling!Copy !req
558. Do you never think
of your father?Copy !req
559. His...Copy !req
560. forbearance, his...Copy !req
561. judiciousness, his...Copy !req
562. his... dignity.Copy !req
563. Fuck dignity!
I want revenge.Copy !req
564. My father is dead.Copy !req
565. He is.Copy !req
566. And we are
the poorer for it.Copy !req
567. He was right about you.Copy !req
568. He made me king.Copy !req
569. Is that what you think?Copy !req
570. Remove your badge, Ser Otto.Copy !req
571. You were
my father's Hand.Copy !req
572. Not mine.Copy !req
573. Take it off.Copy !req
574. You wouldn't dare.Copy !req
575. I have dared...Copy !req
576. and I find it
stimulating.Copy !req
577. Insolent pup.Copy !req
578. You think
yourself clever,Copy !req
579. but without a strong
Hand at your side...Copy !req
580. to guide?Copy !req
581. Give it to Cole.Copy !req
582. Your Grace?Copy !req
583. In this hour,
you have proven yourself of more worthCopy !req
584. than a hundred old men.Copy !req
585. My new Hand
will be a steel fist.Copy !req
586. You will regret this.Copy !req
587. Give it to him.Copy !req
588. You are dismissed.Copy !req
589. I do not know if I trust you.Copy !req
590. And I sense that
there is danger in you yet.Copy !req
591. But I will keep
the word of my houseCopy !req
592. if you say that
it was given.Copy !req
593. You may go.Copy !req
594. Your Grace.Copy !req
595. There's a Velaryon ship
in the harborCopy !req
596. bound for Myr
by way of Pentos.Copy !req
597. I will see that you
are given passage.Copy !req
598. I'm not so unworldly
as to let you fly free.Copy !req
599. I am...
Thank you.Copy !req
600. Ser Erryk, Mysaria
will be leaving us.Copy !req
601. Let her collect
her things.Copy !req
602. Then have someone
take her downCopy !req
603. and secure her berth
on the "Corwyn."Copy !req
604. Your Grace.Copy !req
605. A moment.Copy !req
606. Ser Erryk...Copy !req
607. - I thought you were within.
- A sorry lack of vigilance.Copy !req
608. The enemy is about,
good ser.Copy !req
609. Please try and lay down,
Your Grace.Copy !req
610. Thank you, Elinda.Copy !req
611. Ser Erryk.Copy !req
612. It's been
a strange day.Copy !req
613. I'm restless.
I will stand this evening's duty.Copy !req
614. You must sleep tonight,
Your Grace.Copy !req
615. Let me ask the maester
for a draught.Copy !req
616. Perhaps that
would be best.Copy !req
617. Thank you, Elinda.Copy !req
618. Ser Erryk?Copy !req
619. Believe me...
I had no choice.Copy !req
620. I don't understand.Copy !req
621. Brother!Copy !req
622. Do not do this.Copy !req
623. I beg you.Copy !req
624. You were the one
who betrayed us, Erryk.Copy !req
625. Run, Elinda!
Run and find Ser Lorent!Copy !req
626. - Your Grace!
- Ser Lorent!Copy !req
627. With me, Your Grace!Copy !req
628. Which?
Which is Erryk?Copy !req
629. - We were born together.
- You parted us!Copy !req
630. But I still
love you, brother.Copy !req
631. Your Grace.Copy !req
632. Erryk.Copy !req
633. Forgive me.Copy !req
634. No!Copy !req
635. No!Copy !req
636. It is ignorance and vanity.Copy !req
637. You know as well
as I do that Aegon must be kept in check.Copy !req
638. As does Ser Criston.
The two of them together...Copy !req
639. Ser Criston is
not temperate...Copy !req
640. but his devotion
cannot be questioned.Copy !req
641. - If it does come to war...
- He's ensured it.Copy !req
642. He's young
and unschooled.Copy !req
643. His faith is
in steel and bone.Copy !req
644. He has not
the long view.Copy !req
645. None of them do.Copy !req
646. They wish now
not for the good of the realm,Copy !req
647. but for the petty satisfaction
of vengeance.Copy !req
648. Aegon is
still malleable.Copy !req
649. It is the death of the child
that has unstrung him.Copy !req
650. I can't stay here.Copy !req
651. Exiled from the council.Copy !req
652. Witness to
the blundering of our plans.Copy !req
653. I'll return to Oldtown.Copy !req
654. The Hightowers
still have strength,Copy !req
655. and you have
a son thereCopy !req
656. who will take more
kindly to instruction.Copy !req
657. Daeron may yet help us
in weeks to come.Copy !req
658. Go rather
to Highgarden.Copy !req
659. The Tyrells must
be taken in hand.Copy !req
660. Their bannermen
are wavering.Copy !req
661. While you're gone,
I'll speak sense to him.Copy !req
662. His blood will cool.Copy !req
663. In time,
you may yet return.Copy !req
664. The young
are peacocks...Copy !req
665. all shrieking
and feathers.Copy !req
666. But we will yet prevail
and bring forth peace, I still believe it.Copy !req
667. As long as you
and I hold fast.Copy !req
668. I have sinned.Copy !req
669. I do not wish
to hear of it.Copy !req