[Arrangements. Before the House there were always people trying to make arrangements for her. Sending her off to King's Landing. Sending her to the Wall for safety. Trying to ransom her back to her brother/mother/uncle/aunt. Trying to hand her over to Queen Cersei.
--no, that was Arya. That was another life, another girl. She is no one. Arya is dead.
She shakes her head, slowly.]
I don't know what those are. I was begging in Braavos, and then I woke up here, so now I'm begging here. One city's as good as the next, although I knew Braavos better than I know this one.
[And now the risk--does she ask for more information and chance failing the test, if this is indeed a test? She still hasn't ruled out that possibility. What if this woman was sent by the kindly man? What if it's the waif? They can both change their voices at will. It isn't beyond reason.
...but then again, the woman said "we."]
I don't know how I got here. Were you somewhere else one day and here the next, like me?
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--no, that was Arya. That was another life, another girl. She is no one. Arya is dead.
She shakes her head, slowly.]
I don't know what those are. I was begging in Braavos, and then I woke up here, so now I'm begging here. One city's as good as the next, although I knew Braavos better than I know this one.
[And now the risk--does she ask for more information and chance failing the test, if this is indeed a test? She still hasn't ruled out that possibility. What if this woman was sent by the kindly man? What if it's the waif? They can both change their voices at will. It isn't beyond reason.
...but then again, the woman said "we."]
I don't know how I got here. Were you somewhere else one day and here the next, like me?