[in his cell] Podrick. Apologies for the stench.
I brought you some wine, m'Lord, but they took it from me.
A noble effort.
They didn't find the candles, though [starts laying items on a bench] A quill, some parchment, duck sausage, almonds, and some hard cheese.
You're a good lad. Any word of Shae?
I've heard nothing, my Lord.
I suppose that's a good thing. What are they saying about me, out there?
You're to stand trial, in a fortnight- for murdering the King.
Do you believe I murdered Joffrey?
No, m'Lord. You didn't.
No. Gods, no. The world is a better place without him, but I had nothing to do with it. I'd like to think, if I were planning a Royal assassination, I would arrange it in such a way that I wouldn't be standing there, gawking like a fool when the King died. Trial in a fortnight... have they announced the judges yet?
Your father.
Of course.
Lord Mace Tyrell.
Who will vote exactly as my father tells him to vote.
And Prince Oberyn of Dorne.
Oberyn? [laughs] Leave it to my father.Never fails to take advantage of a family tragedy.
I'm supposed to get a list of names from you, my Lord. Anyone who might testify on your behalf.
Oh! I can call my own witnesses? How generous of them! Very well. My wife, Sansa.
My Lord, she's gone.
Gone?
No one's seen her, since the wedding. You don't think she...
No one had more cause to kill Joffrey than Sansa, but the girl's no assassin. No, whoever killed the King wanted me to lose my head for it and with my wife's disappearance, it makes me seem that much more guilty. Podrick.
Yes, my Lord?
They'll be following you, now.
Who, my Lord?
I don't know! They, they! The ominous "They"! The men pulling the strings, or women. My father. Maybe Joffrey was too much work for him. Sweet Tommen will be so much easier to handle. Whenever something bad happens to me, I assume it's my sister that had a hand in it. But say what you will of Cersei, she loves her children. She is the only one I'm certain had nothing to do with this murder... which makes this unique, as King's Landing murders go.
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