A Game of Thrones-Chapter 7

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Arya I
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Catelyn II  ← Arya I →  Bran II

Arya II

Arya runs out of her needlework session to watch the boys play with practice swords in the yard.

Synopsis

Arya is dismayed at her crooked stitches; she can't match her sister Sansa's needlework. Septa Mordane coos over Princess Myrcella's needlework, which Arya thinks are also crooked. Sansa whispering with Jeyne Poole and Beth Cassel. Arya asks what they were whispering about and told it was over the Prince, which means Joffrey. They are talking about how Joffrey has complemented Sansa, and how he is going to marry Sansa. Arya points out that Jon thinks Joffrey looks like a girl. Sansa laments that Jon gets jealous because he is a bastard but Arya defends him, drawing the Septa's attention to her. Septa Mordane inspects Arya's stitches, and pronounces her dissatisfaction. Humiliated, Arya bolts for the door, bows when called by the Septa to bow, and then leaves, continuing despite being called back by the Septa. She was wishing she had some of what Sansa had, but there seemed to be nothing left for the younger sister. Arya had her father’s looks, not the beauty of their mother, like Sansa. Jeyne use to call her horse face, which was interesting because the only thing that Arya could do better than Sansa was ride, that and manage a household since Sansa had no head for figure. She finds her wolf pup Nymeria waiting for her and together they go to watch the boys sparring in the practice yard; she dare not go back to her room where she would be found. She comes across Jon seated on a sill with Ghost watching the fighting below. Jon comments on her being supposed to be working on her stitching, and she tells him she wanted to see the fighting. They watch together.

In the yard below, Bran and Prince Tommen are fighting each other with heavily padded wielding wooden swords under the watchful eye of Ser Rodrik Cassel, the master-at-arms. The group of spectators includes Robb and Theon. Jon tells Arya that it is a bit more exhausting than needlework and Arya responds that it also more fun. Arya when she was little had thought she was a bastard like Jon since all her brothers and sisters had the look of their mother, and it was Jon who reassured her. When Arya asks why Jon was not down in the yard, Jon responded that bastards are not allowed to damage princes, only true blood swords can damage them. Arya says she could fight as well as Bran who is only 7 while she is 9, but Jon says she doesn't have enough strength for a longsword.

Jon points out that Joffery is wearing a sigil that has both the stag and lion, giving the his mother’s house’s sigil equality to the royal sigil. Jon jokes that she should wear a combination sigil for the Starks and Tullys, and Arya jokes that a wolf with a trout in its mouth would look silly, besides if girls cannot fight why does she need a sigil.

Below, Bran has knocked Tommen down and Ser Rodrik Cassel orders a couple of men to help them out of their armor. He then calls Robb and Joffrey for a bout. Joffrey acts as if it is beneath his dignity to fight Starks with play swords. He suggests real swords, and Robb readily accepts. Jon comments to Arya that Joffrey is a little shit. Ser Rodrik states that he would only allow blunted tourney swords. Sandor Clegane steps forward and says he should let them, that he killed a man with an edged blade when he was only twelve. Joffrey makes a few more condescending remarks, enraging Robb, but Theon holds him back from attacking the Prince. Then Joffrey feigns a yawn and leaves with Tommen. Jon says that Arya should go to her room; the punishment will be worse the longer she leaves it. Arya states it is not fair—Jon responds that nothing is fair as he walks away with Ghost. Arya returns to her room to find not only Septa Mordane, but also her mother.

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