05/03/2026 22:42

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It might have been kinder if you'd died there. The crows were mostly outside the cages,splashing in the water or perched atop the bars; inside were men. Sansa glanced up at Lysa's balcony, but it wasempty now. Did I even taste it? Or spend the whole timegazing at Ned's face, wondering who he was?Poor Roslin's smile had a fixed quality to it, as if someone had sewn it ontoher face.

Grand Maester Pycelle blinked in dismay. Five other doors opened off the room, each barred iniron. He wouldnever have betrayed his vows. He dabbed at his face with the back of a sleeveand tried to blink the world back into clarity.