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Mercy walked towards her docked boat through waters cold, picturing her feet leaving mushy prints beneath shallow waters. The thought made her giggle.
Her companions had left when she was on the outskirts of the city, after telling her where the ship was docked. Mercy made her way through Lannisport alone. It took her no trouble. Her arm was healed completely and the strength was back in her.
The city was alive and bustling, with winter not as strong near the coast. Mercy decided to scale abandoned towers and drink in the sights. She felt grateful for the chance to view the marvels of such a city before she left.
The docks were once abundant with activity. Ships sailed to Oldtown and Pyke, sailors yelled insults at their crew and little boys fled from merchants, fat purses under their ragged cloaks. But Mercy waited till dawn became dusk, till fishmongers and sealords called it a day, till the world belonged to her alone.
Mercy reached her boat, modest in size, packed already with potions, oars and the like. She gazed at the horizon. The last rays spilled lazily over salty waters, making the sky and the Sunset Sea a surfeit of dying orange lights. Excitement and longing filled her. She wondered if Nymeria felt what she did, when she led thousand-and-ten ships to Dorne. She suddenly felt Dornish in spirit, if not in flesh.
Mayhaps she would see the legendary kraken rise from the seas, fighting with sea dragons. Mayhaps she would find new isles and the bones of Brandon Stark, the king who sailed west to find new lands, never to be seen again. Mayhaps she would row far enough to reach the Shadow Lands, and discover the world was round. Or maybe her boat would tip over and the seas would show her no mercy.
That thought did not frighten her as much as it would have before. If she lost her life, it would be on her own terms… and that felt like conquering the God of Death itself.
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Alternate Game of Thrones concludes here…
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