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The End
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I've always wanted to see the wall.
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You're Tyrion Lannister.
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The Queen's brother?
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My greatest accomplishment.
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And you, you're Ned Stark's bastard, aren't you? Did I offend you?
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Sorry.
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You are the bastard, though.
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Lord Edith Stark is my father.
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And Lady Stark is now your mother, making you.. the bastard.
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Let me give you some advice, bastard.
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Never forget what you are.
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The rest of the world will not.
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Wear it like armour, and it can never be used to hurt you.
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What the hell do you know about being a bastard?
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All dwarves are bastards in their father's eyes.
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My mother's been looking for you.
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You ride for King's Landing today.
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Before you go, you will call on Lord and Lady Stark and offer your sympathies.
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What good will my sympathies do then?
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None.
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But it is expected of you.
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Your absence has already been noted.
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The boy means nothing to me.
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I can't stand the wailing of women.
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One word and I'll hit you again.
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I'm telling Mother!
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Go.
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Tell her.
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But first you will get to Lord and Lady Stark
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and you will fall on your knees in front of them
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and tell them how very sorry you are that you are at their service and that all your prayers are with them.
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Do you understand?
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You can't.
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Do you understand?
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The prince will remember that little lord.
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I hope so.
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If he forgets, be a good dog and remind him.
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I can't believe you're going.
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It's ridiculous even for you.
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Where's your sense of wonder?
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The greatest structure ever built?
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The intrepid men of the Night's Watch?
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The wintry abode of the White Walkers?
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Tell me you're not thinking of taking the black? And go celibate?
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The whores would go begging from dawn to Casterly Rock?
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No, I just want to stand on top of the wall and piss off the edge of the world.
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Why do you read so much?
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Look at me and tell me what you see. Is this a trick?
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What you see is a dwarf.
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If I had been born a peasant, they might have left me out in the woods to die.
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Alas, I was born a Lannister of Casterly Rock.
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Things are expected of me.
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My father was the hand of the king for twenty years.
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Until your brother killed that king.
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Yes, until my brother killed him.
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Life is full of these little ironies.
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My sister married the new king, and my repulsive nephew will be king after him.
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I must do my part for the honor of my house, wouldn't you agree? But how? But how?
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Well, my brother has his sword, and I have my mind.
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And a mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone.
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That's why I read so much, Jon Snow.
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Speak, imp.
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Meet your gods as an honest man.
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Where do I begin, my lords and ladies?
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I am a vile man.
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I confess it.
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My crimes and sins are beyond counting.
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I have lied and cheated, gambled and whored.
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I'm not particularly good at violence, but I'm good at convincing others to do violence for me.
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You want specifics, I suppose.
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When I was seven, I saw a servant girl bathing in the river.
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I stole her robe, and she was forced to return to the castle, naked and in tears.
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If I close my eyes, I could still see her tits bouncing.
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When I was ten, I stuffed my uncle's boots with goat shit.
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When confronted with my crime, I blamed a squire.
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Poor boy was flogged and I escaped justice.
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When I was 12, I milked my eel into a pot of turtle stew.
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I flogged the one-eyed snake.
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I skinned my sausage.
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I made the bald man cry.
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Into the turtle stew, which I do believe my sister ate, at least I hope she did.
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I once brought a jackass and a honeycomb into a brothel.
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Silence!
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What happened next?
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I am Tyrion, son of Tywin of clan Lannister.
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How would you like to die, Tyrion, son of Tywin?
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In my own bed, at the age of 80, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my cock.
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Let's do something I'm good at.
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What are you good at?
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I happen to be a great judge of character.
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This sounds like a boring game.
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It's not.
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Here's how it works.
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I make a statement about your past.
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If I'm right, you drink.
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If I'm wrong, I drink.
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And no lying.
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I'll know if you're lying.
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I don't want to play this game.
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Fine.
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Brawn first.
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Your father beat you.
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But my mother hit harder.
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You killed your first man before you were 12.
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It was a woman.
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She swung an axe at me.
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You've been north of the wall.
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What brought you up there?
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Work. And?
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You once loved a woman many years ago, but it turned out badly, so you've never let yourself love again.
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Oh, wait, that's me.
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I don't like threats. Who threatened you?
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I'm not Ned Stark.
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I understand the way this game is played.
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Ned Stark was a man of armor.
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And I am not.
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Threaten me again, and I'll have you thrown into the sea.
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Tell me, when your men slaughtered Ned Stark's men in the throne room, did you give the order?
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I did. And I would again.
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The man was a traitor.
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He tried to buy my loyalty.
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A fool.
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He had no idea you were already bought.
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Are you drunk?
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I'll not have my honor questioned by an imp.
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I'm not questioning your honor, Lord Janus.
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I'm denying its existence.
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You think I'll stand here and take this from you, dwarf?
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Dwarf?
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You should have stopped an imp.
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And yes, you will stand here and take it from me, unless you'd like to take it from my friend here.
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I intend to serve as Hand of the King until my father returns from the war.
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And seeing as you betrayed the last hand of the king, well, I just wouldn't feel safe with you lurking about.
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What are you doing?
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My friends at court will not allow this.
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The queen herself...
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The queen regent.
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And you're a fool to believe she's your friend.
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We shall hear what Geoffrey has to say about this.
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No, we shan't.
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There's a ship.
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Leaving for Eastwatch by the sea tonight.
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From there, I'm afraid it's rather a long walk to Castle Black.
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I hope you enjoy the wall.
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I found it surprisingly beautiful.
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In a brutal, horribly uncomfortable sort of way.
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The meaning of this!
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No!
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Please!
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Please!
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You disappoint me, Grand Maester.
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I am your loyal servant.
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So loyal that you told the Queen about my plans to send Marcella to Dorne.
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No!
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Never!
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It's a false servant.
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I swear it.
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It wasn't me.
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Ah, Varys.
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It was Varys the Spider.
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You see, I told Varys that I was giving the princess to the Greyjoys.
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I told Littlefinger that I planned to wed her to Robin Arryn.
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I told no one that I was offering her to the Dornish.
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No one but you.
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Oh, the eunuch has spies everywhere.
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Cut off his manhood and feed it to the goats.
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No, no, no, no. There are no goats, half man.
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We'll make do.
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How long have you been spying for my sister?
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All I did, I did for House Lannister.
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Always, your Lord Father, ask him.
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I've always been his servant, since the days of the Mad King.
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I don't like his beard.
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What?
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Oh, no. No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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How many hands have you betrayed, Pycelle?
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Erid Stark, Jon Arryn.
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Lord Arryn.
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He knew.
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He knew the truth about the queen and the way he planned to act, to tell King Robert.
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So you poisoned him?
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No, never.
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But you let him die, made sure he succumbed.
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Lannister.
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I always served Lannister.
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Get him out of my sight.
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Throw him in one of the black cells.
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Oh, no. No, no, no, no. No, please.
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Don't.
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You can't do this to me.
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For your trouble.
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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If you want Robb Stark to hear us, we're going to have to speak louder!
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What is the meaning of this?
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What kind of knight beats a helpless girl?
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The kind who serves his king, imp.
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Careful now.
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We don't want to get blood all over your pretty white cloak.
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Someone get the girl something to cover herself with.
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She's to be your queen.
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Have you no regard for her honor?
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I'm punishing her.
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For what crimes?
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You should not fight her brother's battle, you halfwit.
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You can't talk to me like that.
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The king can do as he likes.
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The mad king did as he liked.
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Has your uncle Jamie ever told you what happened to him?
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No one threatens his grace in the presence of the Kingsguard.
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I'm not threatening the King, sir.
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I am educating my nephew.
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Bron, the next time Sir Mowen speaks, kill him. That was a threat.
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See the difference?
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I apologize for my nephew's behavior.
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Tell me the truth.
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Do you want an end to this engagement?
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I am loyal to King Joffrey.
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My one true love.
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Lady Stark.
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You may survive us yet.
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Oh Lancel, tell my friend Bronn to please kill you if anything should happen to me.
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Please kill me if anything should happen to Lord Tyrion.
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It will be my pleasure.
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They're traitors!
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Or their heads!
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Oh, you blind, dirty fools!
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You can't insult me!
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We've had vicious kings, and we've had Indian kings, I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot.
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You can't!
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I can, I am.
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They attacked me!
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They threw a cow pie at you, so you decide to kill them all.
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They're starving, you fool, all because of a war you started.
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You're talking to a king!
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And now I've struck a key.
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Did my hand fall from my wrist?
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Where is the Stark girl?
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Let them have her.
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If she dies, you'll never get your Uncle Jamie back.
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You owe him quite a bit, you know.
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Samandon, bring in my brother's whore.
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I'm sorry they hurt you.
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You must be brave.
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I promise I will free you.
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Don't forget me.
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Never.
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I will
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hurt you for this.
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A day will come when you think you're safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth.
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And you will know the debt is paid.
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Get out.
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Roger.
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They say Stannis never smiles.
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I'll give him a red smile from ear to ear.
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Imagine Stannis' terror.
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I am trying.
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I'm trying.
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You're an intelligent man.
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I'd like to think I'm an intelligent man.
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Oh, no one disputes that, my lord.
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Not even the multitudes who despise you.
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I wish we could converse as two honest, intelligent men.
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I wish we could, too.
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What do you want?
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Tell me.
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If we're going to play, you'll have to start.
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My brother was the youngest King's guard in history.
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My sister became queen at the age of 19.
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When I reached manhood, my father put me in charge of all the drains and cisterns in Custerly Rock.
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A most high-born plumber.
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The water never flowed better.
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And all the shit found its way to the sea.
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Never expected to have any real power.
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So when my father named me Acting Hand...
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You're quite good at being Hand, you know.
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Jon Arryn and Ned Stark were good men.
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Honorable men.
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But they disdained the game and those who played.
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You enjoy the game.
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I do.
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Last thing I expected.
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And you play it well.
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I'd like to keep playing it.
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If Stannis breaches the gates, the game is over.
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The game is over.
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They say he burns his enemies alive to honor the Lord of Light.
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The Lord of Light wants his enemies burnt.
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The Drowned God wants them drowned.
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Why are all the gods such vicious cunts?
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Where is the god of tits and wine?
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In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with 16 teats.
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You should sail there immediately.
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This morning, I heard a song All the way from Qarth, beyond the Red Waste, Daenerys Targaryen lives.
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The girl at the edge of the world is the least of our problems.
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She has three dragons.
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But even if what they say is true, it will be years before they are fully grown.
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And then there'll be nowhere to hide.
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One game at a time, my friend.
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I've always hated the bells.
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They ring for horror.
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A dead king, the city under siege.
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A wedding.
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Exactly.
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Podrick, is that it?
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Is that it?
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Nice touch.
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As if you don't know the name of every boy in town.
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I'm not entirely sure what you're suggesting.
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I'm entirely sure you're entirely sure what I'm suggesting. Do you trust him?
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Hardly enough, I do.
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Good.
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If I tell the hound to cut you in half, you'll do without a second thought.
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That would make me the quarterman.
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It just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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You've got me in half and I won't be able to give the signal.
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No signal, no plan.
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No plan and Stannis Baratheon sacks this city, takes the Iron Throne.
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Put your pinched little head atop a gate somewhere.
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It might be quite amusing.
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Except that my head will be up there too.
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Much like my head, I don't want to see it removed just yet.
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I'll leave the attack.
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I'll leave the attack!
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I have folded my helmet.
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I demand that you will bear the King's banner.
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Men, fall not!
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Men!
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Men!
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They say I am half a man.
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But what does that make the Lord of you?
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The only way out is through the gates.
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And they're at the gates.
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There's another way out.
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I'm going to show you.
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Come out behind them and fuck them in their asses!
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Don't fight for your king and don't fight for his kingdoms!
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Don't fight for honor, don't fight for glory, don't fight for riches because he won't get anything!
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This is your city, Stannis means to sack!
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That's your gate he's ramming!
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If he gets in, it will be your house as he burns!
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Your gold he steals, your women he will rape.
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Those are brave men knocking at our door.
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Let's go kill them.
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I want to go with you.
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So do it.
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Your father, your sister, all these bad people, they can't stop you.
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Forget about them.
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Come with me.
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I can't.
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I do belong here.
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These bad people.. are what I'm good at.
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Talking them out, thinking them.
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It's what I am. And I like it.
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I like it more than anything I've ever done.
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Are you going to leave?
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You have a shit memory.
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I am yours, and you are mine.
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You seem rather drunk.
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Rather less than I planned to be.
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Isn't it a man's duty to be drunk at his own wedding?
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This isn't about your wedding.
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Renly Baratheon had a wedding.
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Your wife needs a child, a Lannister child, as soon as possible. And?
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If you're going to give her one, you need to perform.
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What did you once call me?
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A drunken little lust-filled beast.
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More than once.
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There you have it.
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Nothing to worry about.
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Drinking and lust.
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No man can match me in these things.
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I am the god of chits and wine.
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I shall build a shrine to myself at the next brothel I visit.
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Time for the bedding ceremony.
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There will be no bedding ceremony.
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You respect for tradition, uncle.
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Come, everyone, pick her up and carry her to a wedding bed.
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Get rid of her gown.
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She won't be needing it any longer.
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Ladies, attend to my uncle.
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He's not heavy.
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There will be no bedding ceremony.
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There will be if I command it.
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Then you'll be fucking your own bride with a wooden cock.
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And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?
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Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know.
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And a coat of gold, a coat of red, a lion still has claws.
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And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 395 sentences and 2727 words to shadow. The speech runs for 23:28. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- gate /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ (noun) — A doorlike structure outside a house.
- uncle /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ (noun) — The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.
- servant /ˈsɝvənt/ (noun) — One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
- threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ (verb) — To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
- ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/ (noun) — A ritual, with religious or cultural significance.
- coat /ˈkoʊ̯t/ (noun) — An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
- intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ (adjective) — Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- loyal /ˈlɔɪəl/ (adjective) — Having or demonstrating undivided and constant support for someone or something.
- goat /ɡoʊt/ (noun) — Any ruminant of the genus Capra.
- vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/ (adjective) — Violent, destructive and cruel.
- sharp /ʃɑɹp/ (adjective) — Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- castle /ˈkɑːsəl/ (noun) — A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or…
- steal /stiːl/ (verb) — To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
- sword /soɹd/ (noun) — A long bladed weapon with a grip and typically a pommel and crossguard (together forming a hilt), which is designed to cut, stab, slash and/or hack.
- brave /bɹeɪv/ (adjective) — Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- bring in (verb) — To move something indoors, or into an area.
- call on (verb) — To visit (a person); to pay a call to.
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verb) — To be discovered; to be revealed.
- come with (verb) — To join and come along.
- cut off /ˌkʌt ˈɔf/ [ˌkɐɾ ˈɔf] (verb) — To remove by cutting.
- do for (verb) — To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- fall on (verb) — To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
- get in (verb) — To get into or inside something, literally or figuratively.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 100 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/, sympathy /ˈsɪm.pəθ.i/, bath /bɑːθ/, brothel /ˈbɹɔθəl/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, ash /ˈæʃ/, shrine /ʃɹaɪ̯n/
- Long words — get the stress right: ceremony /ˈsɛɹ.əˌmoʊ.ni/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like gate, uncle, servant.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | If she dies, you'll never · If we're going to play, you'll have · If he gets in, it will be |
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | mother's been looking · have you been spying |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've always wanted · has already been noted · You've been |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is expected · been noted · had been born |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.