This chapter begins with Arya being found, after she had run off following her fight with Prince Joffrey. When Ned was informed Arya had already been taken to the King on Cersei's orders. Ned was very upset and cursed the queen. Without hesitation, he ordered that Sansa be summoned and brought to the audience chamber where everything would go down. Ned stormed in and found that the chamber was packed. He would have preferred it be only him and Robert in hopes it would run more smoothly. Ned finds Arya in the center of the room and runs to her, worried, he promises to feed her soon. He stands and demands to know why she was not brought to him first. Cersi replies attempting to put Ned is his place for talking to the king in such a manner. Yet the king quiets her. The king apologizes to Ned and says that he wished to deal with matter quickly and that he intended not to frighten her. A small argument commences between Arya and Joffrey, with the queen of course on her sons side. Robert states how things will go down, Arya will tell her side and then Joffrey will follow. As Arya begins her sister Sansa is brought in and towards then end of her story the king excuses his brother who had been laughing. As he walks out he laughs at Joffrey for being beat by a young girl. The king stands and feels uncertain of what to do since the versions were different. Ned then calls Sansa for her story because she had been there. Sansa, in a bad position, states she doesn't remember the events clearly. Arya attacks and then they are split up. Cersei demands that she is punished, and the king states that she is a child and he will not do it. Robert tries to leave it with children fight and let it be done. Cersei whines about the direwolf that had attacked Joffrey. The king decides that one of the direwolves be killed in the lost direwolf's place. Sansa's wolf is the one to be killed. Ned demands that if the king follows through with this that he should be the one to kill the wolf. In the end, Ned does the deed and wants the wolf taken back to Winterfell. As Ned is trying to retire he noticed the other search party return with their findings. The Hound dropped the bag he held and Ned reached down to find the butcher's boy, Arya's friend. He had been cut from should to hip. Ned asked what happened, and with amusement the Hound replied. He said the boy ran but not very fast.
This chapter was appalling to me. There was some major character development. Ned seemed out of place as the Hand. I felt terrible for the girls. I believe that the queen has a wickedness in her and after what the Hound did with the boy, I realized how ugly the Lannisters really are and their group. There is a deep bond between the King and Ned but it seems it is not strong enough, and the queen does not like it. I fear for what will happen next with the queen. I see that the King tries to be good but he has rotten people all around him. I felt that Ned put Sansa in a very tricky situation. Was she to side with her betrothed or her sister. I would always say sister, but he is the prince and already regarded her poorly after the whole fight went down. That match is bound to be trouble later in the book. I believe that Ned is fully aware of what kind of people that he is stuck with as the Hand of the king. Something bad is brewing with the Lannisters, especially with the queen and her wickedness. They are truly evil. There is definitely much hostility.
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