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Brienne undid the clasp on her belt and let itclatter to the floor. Styr scowled. Pongboon, queen of the ladies, a mother to children—remember that mothers, too, were lovers once. It was rising from the south bank severalmiles on, twisting and curling.

You know no one by that name? A serving girl, a woman from some nearbyvillage? Perhaps someone from years past? Catelyn had been gone from Riven-anfor a very long time. \parThe others understood. My new one's not as good. Not many \endash a hundred million, perhaps, where fifty years before, forty billions had swarmed.