Though it had been Podrick Payne who’d killed Ser Mandon, shoving him into the river to drown beneath the weight of his armor. â€A dead enemy is a joy forever,†Tyrion said blithely, though Ser Mandon was not his true enemy. The man had no reason to want him dead. He was only a catspaw, and I believe I know the cat. She told him to make certain I did not survive the battle. But without proof Lord Tywin would never listen to such a charge. â€Why are you here in the city, Father?†he asked. â€Shouldn’t you be off fighting Lord Stannis or Robb Stark or someone?†And the sooner the better. â€Until Lord Redwyne brings his fleet up, we lack the ships to assail Dragonstone. It makes no matter. Stannis Baratheon’s sun set on the Blackwater. As for Stark, the boy is still in the west, but a large force of northmen under Helman Tallhart and Robett Glover are descending toward Duskendale. I’ve sent Lord Tarly to meet them, while Ser Gregor drives up the kingsroad to cut off their retreat. Tallhart and Glover wil nike air max womens l be caught between them, with a third of Stark’s strength.†â€Duskendale?†There was nothing at Duskendale worth such a risk. Had the Young Wolf finally blundered? â€It’s nothing you need trouble yourself with. Your face is pale as death, and there’s blood seeping through your dressings. Say what you want and take yourself back to bed.†â€What I want . . . †His throat felt raw and tight. What did he want? More than you can ever give me, Father. â€Pod tells me that Littlefinger’s been made Lord of Harrenhal.†â€An empty title, so long as Roose Bolton holds the castle for Robb Stark, yet Lord Baelish was desirous of the honor. He did us good service in the matter of the Tyrell marriage. A Lannister pays his debts.†The Tyrell marriage had been Tyrion’s notion, in point of fact, but it would seem churlish to try to claim that now. â€That title may not be as empty as you think,†he warned. â€Littlefinger does nothing without good reason. But be that as it may. You said something about paying debts, I believe? †â€And you want your own reward, is that it? Very well. What is it you would have of me? Lands, castle, some office?†â€A little bloody gratitude would make a nice start.†nike air max plus Lord Tywin stared at him, unblinking. â€Mummers and monkeys require applause. So did Aerys, for that matter. You did as you were commanded, and I am sure it was to the best of your ability. No one denies the part you played.†â€The part I played?†What nostrils Tyrion had left must surely have flared. â€I saved your bloody city, it seems to me.†nike air max women â€Most people seem to feel that it was my attack on Lord Stannis’s flank that turned the tide of battle. Lords Tyrell, Rowan, Redwyne, and Tarly fought nobly as well, and I’m told it was your sister Cersei who set the pyromancers to making the wildfire that destroyed the Baratheon fleet.†â€While all I did was get my nosehairs trimmed, is that it?†Tyrion could not keep the bitterness out of his voice. â€Your chain was a clever stroke, and crucial to our victory. Is that what you wanted to hear? I am told we have you to thank for our Dornish alliance as well. Tyrion said. Eighteen years since Jaime joined the Kingsguard, and I never once raised the issue. I must have known. I must always have known. â€Why?†he made himself ask, though he knew he would rue the question. â€You ask that? You, who killed your mother to come into the world? You are an ill-made, devious, disobedient, spiteful little creature full of envy, lust, and low cunning.He’s a good lad, and mine own blood.†â€As was your mother.†Lord Tywin rose abruptly, to tower over his dwarf son. â€Go back to your bed, Tyrion, and speak to me no more of your rights to Casterly Rock. You shall have your reward, but it shall be one I deem appropriate to your service and station. And make no mistake †this was the last time I will suffer you to bring shame ont nike air max 90 infrared o House Lannister. You are done with whores. The next one I find in your bed, I’ll hang.â€
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