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[THE PATH LEADING TO ASTAPOR]
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ leads DAENERYS, JORAH, and MISSANDEI. MISSANDEI translates for KRAZNYS. KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
"The Unsullied have stood here for a day and a night with no food or water."
"You should know Valyrian right?" Rhaegar asked
"I do know it" Daenerys replied
"Then it's likely you are playing a fool to hear his real thoughts" Rhaegar said with smile feeling pride over the fact that his sister as smart as their mother
Daenerys smiled back as she turned back towards the screen.
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
"They will stand until they drop. Such is their obedience."
"That sounds extremely cruel" Myrcella commented with a frown.
"A soldier is expected to fight till their dying breath, but the Unsullied are treated cruelly" Brynden spoke, "they were modelled after the Lockstep Legions of Old Ghis but they are not free men. Their training and recruitment are... well perhaps you may be too young to know it."
"She is" Oberyn chuckled with a shake of his head. "It's inhumane."
Myrcella nodded and thanked them both for the explanation. Oberyn took the words with a surprised small smile. Brynden on the other hand just nodded and looked away, before he gave a small frown.
[The foursome walks through a battalion of Unsullied warriors, standing at attention, who have made an aisle for them to pass through.]
"They may suit my needs. Tell me of their training."
[MISSANDEI speaks Valyrian]
"The Westrosi woman is pleased with them but speaks no praise to keep the price down. She wished to know how they are trained."
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
"Tell her what she would know and be quick about it."
[Once they are through, the Unsullied reform at attention. The four ascend a platform at the end of the yard, the sea behind them, to survey the soldiers.]
"They begin their training at five. Every day they drill from dawn to dusk until they have mastered the shortsword, the shield, and the three spears. Only one boy in four survives this rigorous training. Their discipline and loyalty are absolute. They fear nothing."
Myrcella flinched. The men were right, it was cruel.
"Even the bravest men fear death."
[MISSANDEI translates to KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ and the man replies in Valyrian.]
"My master says the Unsullied are not men. Death means nothing to them."
Daenerys was not comfortable with how the man was treating Missandei. It reminded her a lot of Viserys.
"Quite a summarized translation" Rhaegar chuckled.
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian]
Daenerys shifted in her seat, her face red.
"What did he say?" Sansa asked her father, who shrugged. Ned did not speak Valyrian either.
"They insulted her from the looks of it" Bran stated, frowning at Daenerys who was red in the face.
"Probably did. The man seems nasty" Arya muttered.
[KRAZNYS steps forward and descents to the yard.]
"He begs you attend to this carefully, Your Grace."
[KRAZNYS calls an Unsullied forward. He pushes the man's shield and spear aside. He takes the Unsullied's knife and cuts away part of his leather chest armour]
"Tell the good master there is no need."
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
"I hope he dies soon" Daenerys muttered angrily.
[KRAZNYS slices off the man's nipple, throwing it to the ground. The solder does not flinch.]
The soldier may not have flinched, but many of the people in the Hall had.
"He's so cruel" Lyanna muttered in horror.
"That is... tame in many ways for men of his stature" Brynden stated.
Lyanna's face grew grim.
"My master points out that men don't need nipples."
[KRAZNYS replaces the armour strap and returns the soldier's arms to the ready. KRAZNYS turns around to face DAENERYS. The Unsullied soldier steps back into formation. KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaks Valyrian.]
"To win his shield, an Unsullied must go to the slave marts with a silver mark, find a newborn, and kill it before its mother's eyes. This way, my master says, we make certain there is no weakness left in them."
"Oh my god" Catelyn gasped in horror, summing up the thoughts of many more.
Even Olenna was distruebed by it.
"You take a babe from its mother's arms, kill it as she watches, and pay for her pain with a silver coin?"
[MISSANDEI speaks Valyrian.]
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
"I am no fool! You're just cruel" Daenerys snapped. Elia rubbed her back gently to help her calm.
"My master would like you to know that the silver is paid to the baby's owner, not the mother."
"So one slaver to the other" Ned spoke coldly. These men... they were no men at all! To not even think of others with some care was... He was lost for words.
"How many do you have to sell?"
[MISSANDEI speaking Valyrian. KRAZNYS holds up eight fingers.]
"Eight thousand."
[KRAZNYS MO NAKLOZ speaking Valyrian.]
Daenerys was practically seething now.
"Master Kraznys asks that you please hurry. Many other buyers are interested."
[KRAZNYS sheaths the knife. The Unsullied make way for KRAZNYS and MISSANDEI as the exit, then return to formation.]
[SLAVER'S BAY SHORE]
[DAENERYS and JORAH walk along the shore.]
"Eight thousand dead babies."
"The Unsullied are a means to an end."
"Of course the slaver would think that is what she is horrified about, her image and not the lives lost" Ned sneered, surprising his family who had never heard him use such a tone before.
None of them were surprised though. They were equally struck by what they'd seen and heard.
"Once I own them, these men..."
"They're not men. Not anymore."
"They are" Daenerys ground out. How could he even suggest that?!
"Once I own an army of slaves, what will I be?"
"Do you think these slaves will have better lives serving Kraznys and men like him or serving you?"
[They come upon a busy yard where people work and some children play. One child in particular looks at them as she tosses a wooded ball to herself. JORAH and DAENERYS continue into the yard.]
"You'll be fair to them. You won't mutilate them to make a point."
[The CHILD remains just ahead of them. Meanwhile, a dark hooded figure follows behind.]
"This does not look good" Elia muttered.
"The child or the hooded figure?" Oberyn asked lazy gaze meeting surprised ones.
"The man of course!" Elia exclaimed.
Q. Who is the hooded man?
A) Assassin sent by Lannister
B) Assassin sent by House of Undying
C) Assassin sent by Baratheon's
D) Someone who wants to serve Daenerys
"See I was right?" Elia said
"So you think it's an assassin? Isn't there one option who wants to serve Daenerys?" Oberyn asked
"I think the chances of him being an assassin are high " Elia said "Though I still don't know who it sent him."
""D) Someone who wants to serve Daenerys"" Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow answered
"Haa you two have really weird thinking process" Robb said as he also believed that it would likely be an assassin than her supporter.
"You won't order them to murder babies. You'll see they're properly fed and sheltered. A great injustice has been done to them. Closing your eyes will not undo it."
[The CHILD rolls her wooden ball to DAENERYS, who picks it up. The CHILD motions for her to open it. Behind her, the hooded figure draws a knife. He knocks the ball out of her hand before she can twist it open. JORAH grabs the man and wrestles him to the ground, revealing SER BARRISTAN SELMY.]
"What is he doing there?" Elia frowned. And why was he trying to kill Daenerys? He wasn't serving the Lannisters anymore...
[DAENERYS has been knocked to the ground, and the ball sits inches from her face. It opens, and a chittering, shiny scorpion crawls out and unfolds itself into display. It launches itself at DAENERYS but is skewered by BARRISTAN's knife before it reaches her. He studies the pierced arachnid]
Elia blinked in surprise before turning to Oberyn who was grinning.
"You knew that was Ser Barristan?" she asked.
"No. But I know that not even children can be trusted so easily out there" he answered.
[BARRISTAN flicks the scorpion off his knife. The CHILD, whose mouth is now a corrupt shade of green, flees and jumps off the dock to the water. But when BARRISTAN reaches the edge, the CHILD is nowhere to be seen. He sheaths his knife, confused. DAENERYS and JORAH spot the CHILD on the overlook above them before she walks away.]
"The warlocks."
"They're still around? I thought Daenerys burned them" Arya said in confusion.
"She burned one. Surely there are more" Jon explained.
[She walks towards BARRISTAN.]
"I owe you my life, Ser."
"The honour is mine, my queen."
[He lowers his hood.]
"You know this man?"
"I know him as one of the greatest fighters the Seven Kingdoms has ever seen and as the Lord Commander of Robert Baratheon's Kingsguard."
[BARRISTAN approaches.]
"King Robert is dead. I have been searching for you, Daenerys Stormborn, to ask your forgiveness. I was sworn to protect your family. I failed them."
[BARRISTAN kneels before her.]
"I am Barristan Selmy, Kingsguard to your father. Allow me to join your Queensguard and I will not fail you again."
"Barristan Selmy would be a formidable sword to have," Rhaegar thought out loud.
Congratulations to Daenerys Targaryen and Jon Snow for the right answer. Daenerys Targaryen gets the fighting skills of Mikasa Ackerman. Jon Snow gets a mountain worth of gold coins deposited in his pocket dimension.