Ser Gerold went to one knee. Growing to manhood in the shadow of his brothers, he had followed Balon dutifully in everything he did. Alavne had not seen the body, no more than Robert had, but she did not doubt the fact of the singer's death. They made a rustling sound as they scuttled past the hooves of the big bay mare that Jaime Lannister had bestowed on her.
As for his lady mother, if the gods are good this news will kill her. When none was at hand, they took their rage and desperation out upon the townsfolk. and others squat and hairy as the apes of Sothoros. An axe gleamed silver)' blue, light shimmered off mail and plate, and beneath the dark hood of the lead rider Brienne glimpsed an iron snout and rows of steel teeth, snarling.
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