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and stones below. A few small brown pools glistened amongst the rocks, he saw, none larger than his
hand. тАЬDead fish, there and there, see?тАЭ The smell of them reminded him of the dead men at the
crossroads.

тАЬI see them, ser,тАЭ said Egg.

Dunk hopped down to the streambed, squatted on his heels, and turned over a stone.Dry and warm on
top, moist and muddy underneath. тАЬThe water canтАЩt have been gone long.тАЭ Standing, he flicked the stone
sidearm at the bank, where it crashed through a crumbling overhang in a puff of dry brown earth. тАЬThe
soilтАЩs cracked along the banks, but soft and muddy in the middle. Those fish were alive yesterday.тАЭ

тАЬDunk the lunk, Pennytree used to call you. I recall.тАЭ Ser Bennis spat a wad of sourleaf onto the rocks. It
glistened red and slimy in the sunlight. тАЬLunks shouldnтАЩt try and think, their heads is too bloody thick
for such.тАЭ

Dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall.From Ser Arlan the words had been affectionate. He had been a
kindly man, even in his scolding. In the mouth of Ser Bennis of the Brown Shield, they sounded
different. тАЬSer ArlanтАЩs two years dead,тАЭ Dunk said, тАЬand IтАЩm called Ser Duncan the Tall.тАЭ He was sorely
tempted to put his fist through the brown knightтАЩs face and smash those red and rotten teeth to splinters.
Bennis of the Brown Shield might be a nasty piece of work, but Dunk had a good foot and a half on him,
and four stone as well. He might be a lunk, but he was big. Sometimes it seemed as though heтАЩd
thumped his head on half the doors in Westeros, not to mention every beam in every inn from Dorne up
to the Neck. EggтАЩs brother Aemon had measured him in Oldtown and found he lacked an inch of seven
feet, but that was half a year ago. He might have grown since. Growing was the one thing that Dunk did
really well, the old man used to say.

He went back to Thunder and mounted up again. тАЬEgg, get on back to Standfast with the wine. IтАЩm
going to see whatтАЩs happened to the water.тАЭ

тАЬStreams dry up all the time,тАЭ said Bennis.

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тАЬI just want to have a lookтАФтАЭ

тАЬLike how you looked under that rock? ShouldnтАЩt go turning over rocks, Lunk. Never know what might
crawl out. We got us nice straw pallets back at Standfast. ThereтАЩs eggs more days than not, and not
much to do but listen to Ser Useless go on about how great he used to be. Leave it be, I say. The stream
went dry, thatтАЩs all.тАЭ

Dunk was nothing if not stubborn. тАЬSer Eustace is waiting on his wine,тАЭ he told Egg. тАЬTell him where I
went.тАЭ

тАЬI will, ser.тАЭ Egg gave a tug on MaesterтАЩs lead. The mule twitched his ears, but started off again at once.
He wants to get those wine casks off his back. Dunk could not blame him.

The stream flowed north and east when it was flowing, so he turned Thunder south and west. He had not