[in a cell] Lord Stark, you must be thirsty.
Varys?
I promise you, it isn't poisoned. Why is it no one ever trusts the eunuch? [pulls the stopper out with his teeth, takes a sip and offers it to Eddard, who finally takes it and drinks deeply] Not so much, my Lord, I would save the rest, if I were you. Hide it. Men have been known to die of thirst in these cells.
What of my daughters?
The younger one seems to have escaped the castle. Even my little birds cannot find her.
And Sansa?
Still engaged to Joffrey. Cersei will keep her close. The rest of your household though, all dead, it grieves me to say. I do so hate the sight of blood.
You watched my men being slaughtered, and did nothing.
And would again, my Lord. I was unarmed, unarmored, and surrounded by Lannister swords. When you look at me, do you see a hero? What madness led you to tell the Queen you had learnt the truth about Joffrey's birth?
The madness of mercy. That she might save her children.
Ahh, the children. It's always the innocents who suffer. It wasn't the wine that killed Robert, nor the boar. Oh the wine slowed him down, and the boar ripped him open, yes, but it was your mercy that killed the King. I trust you know you're a dead man, Lord Eddard.
The Queen can't kill me. Cat holds her brother.
The wrong brother, sadly, and lost to her. Your wife has let the Imp slip through her fingers.
If that's true, then slit my throat and be done with it.
Not today, my Lord.
Tell me something, Varys Who do you truly serve?
The Realm, my Lord. Someone must.
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