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[KING'S LANDING; CERSEI'S ROOM]
"Do you think it's wise, your Grace, to arrest the heir to Highgarden?"
"We had to see his face..."
Catelyn glared at Baelish in the vision.
"The Faith arrested the heir to Highgarden."
"Of course. And the Faith were armed on your orders."
"The King's orders."
"Hm..." Olenna eyed Cersei sharply. As if anyone would believe it was anybody but that whore who'd made the choice.
"Is the King to blame for Ser Loras' perversion?"
"House Tyrell won't tolerate these insults."
"House Tyrell won't tolerate it? I'm the insulted party, Lord Baelish. Ser Loras was promised to me, instead he chose the company of boys."
"One's choice of companion is a curious thing."
[CERSEI is silent for a moment.]
"She sees the threat in that no doubt" Jaime mused.
"She probably would ignore it. Thinking it as a warning for her good than a threat" Tyrion huffed. "Our sister is only paranoid when it comes to me. The rest she thinks will fall in line."
Jaime could not argue that.
"Most curious. Lysa Arryn for instance. A sorrily repellent woman."
"As if you're any better" Catelyn snarled under her breath. Her sister may be everything Cersei says she is, but she was not going to hear it from that repulsive woman.
"Forgive me. I know you're still in mourning."
"Lysa was a good woman. A kind woman."
Catelyn snorted.
"She was neither of those things, we both know it. Still, I pity her son. How fortunate that the young Lord of the Vale has a new Father to counsel him."
"I know how hard it can be to lose both of your parents at such a young age."
Jon Arrny's eyes were hard as he stared at the man who would plot to kill him and steal the Vale from his hands.
"If war comes to Westeros will the Knights of the Vele fight for their king?"
"Young Lord Robyn heeds my advice. And I have always counselled loyalty to the throne."
A round of disgruntled grunts went around the hall, displeased at the sight and the words of both man and woman in the vision.
"Good. If there's nothing else...
"There is another matter, your Grace. Something so urgent I couldn't trust the words to a raven. You once charged me with Finding Arya Stark. To my shame, I failed you. But I have found Sansa Stark. Alive, and well, and home again. In Winterfell."
"That snake" Catelyn hissed in outrage. She shouldn't be so surprised at this point, knowing the nature of the man by now. But her anger still raged in her veins, which only magnified seeing that rat hand her daughter over so easily.
[DORNE; WATER GARDENS]
[TRYSTANE and MYRCELLA are conversing between themselves, overlooked by DORAN and AREO on the balcony.]
"You look pretty in that dress," Tommen said.
"You grow up into a fine and beautiful young woman" said Jaime.
Myrcella only sat and watched herself. She was older and she did look pretty. Her eyes shifted to her grandmother for a moment. She kind of looked like her grandmother in some ways...
"They make a lovely couple. A Lannister and a Martell. They have no idea how dangerous that is. We must protect them."
"Yes, my prince."
"You have not had to use that axe of yours in a very long time. I hope you remember how."
"I remember how."
Oberyn knew that Doran would never allow the murder of an innocent, and by what he'd seen he knew his girls would not back down without a fight.
Which meant a confrontation.
Were the gods so cruel that he'd have to watch at least one of his girls die? Was this his punishment for being so overconfident and so caught up with vengeance that he lost sight of everything else important to him?
[DORNE - WATER GARDENS]
[JAIME and BRONN ride in behind common folk carrying meat and other goods. They break off from the pack.]
"This should be good" Jaime muttered. He did not believe it. He knew it would not be good.
[SHADOWY ROOM]
"Unbowed, unbent, unbroken. For Oberyn."
"For Oberyn."
[The SAND SNAKES storm towards the Water Gardens as ELLARIA watches.]
"Don't do anything stupid!" Oberyn hissed.
"Ironic isn't it?" Elia drawled, a mimic of Oberyn's tone, "That you would tell them not to do anything stupid to avenge you."
"Yes, the irony is not lost on me" the Red Viper muttered.
[WATER GARDENS]
[JAMIE and BRONN converge on MYRCELA and TRYSTANE as the SAND SNAKES approach. They see the two kissing. JAIME calls out to MYRCELLA and the two stop kissing.]
"Uncle Jaime? I don't understand, what are you doing here?"
"Let's speak in private."
"I am Trystane Martell."
"Trystane is my intended."
[JAIME shakes hands with TRYSTANE with his good hand.]
"We weren't expecting you, Ser Jaime."
[BRONN advances. TRYSTANE inspects BRONN'S armour and reaches for his sword and BRONN punches him across the face, knocking him out.]
Doran sighed. He needed to have a word with his son about assessing situations before acting.
"We have to go, Myrcella, now."
"You hurt him!"
"He'll be fine, I promise, but we have to-"
[A whip wraps around JAIME'S wrist. The SAND SNAKES have arrived. They attack JAIME and BRONN, one wielding a spear, one wielding a whip, and one wielding a pair of daggers.]
"The one with the spear is Obara, the one with the Daggers is Nymeria and the one with the whip is Tyene" Oberyn whispered to Elia. They may be currently on testy terms, but he would still show off his daughters to his sister.
Elia took them each in with a smile.
"They took after their mothers," she said after a moment, "but the eyes and temperament are all you."
Oberyn smirked.
[They occupy BRONN and JAIME long enough for OBARA to get to Myrcella. OBARA starts taking MYRCELLA out of the gardens. NYMERIA cuts BRONN'S arm open. AREO and his men meet OBARA as she escapes.]
"Drop your weapons!"
[The rest of AREO'S men surround the SAND SNAKES, BRONN, and JAIME.]
"I am Obara Sand. Daughter of Oberyn Martell. I fight for Dorne. Who do you fight for?"
"You fight for yourself and vengeance, not Dorne" Doran muttered.
Oberyn bit his lips at the words
"Drop your weapons!"
[The SAND SNAKES drop their weapons. JAIME stares down AREO, sword still in hand. AREO puts his axe to Jaime's neck.]
"It would have been a good fight when you were whole."
[JAIME drops the sword, AREO'S men grab him. BRONN drops his sword. BRONN smirks at NYMERIA]
"You fight pretty good for a little girl."
"This 'little girl' has been fighting since she could walk," Oberyn said with a scowl. All his daughters chose to fight from a young age, and he hated when they were looked down upon.
[She screams at BRONN and is restrained by AREO'S men. They are all escorted away. The rest of AREO'S men corner ELARIA in the room outside the Gardens.]
Oberyn released a sigh of relief then. Good, they won't be doing anything stupid anymore.