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Will had been a hunter before he joined the Night’s Watch. Well, a poacher in truth. Mallister freeriders had caught him red-handed in the Mallisters’ own woods, skinning one of the Mallisters’ own bucks, and it had been a choice of putting on the black or losing a hand. No one could move through the woods as silent as Will, and it had not taken the black brothers long to discover his talent.
在成為守夜人以前，威爾原本靠打獵為生。說難聽點，其實就是偷獵者。當年他在梅利斯特家族的森林里偷獵公鹿，正忙著剝鹿皮，弄得一手血腥的時候，被受雇于梅利斯特家的自由騎手逮個正著。他若不選擇加入黑衫軍，就只有單手被砍一途。威爾潛行的本事是一等一的，在森林里無聲潛行等閑難及，黑衫軍的弟兄們果然很快也就發現了他的長處。
“The camp is two miles farther on, over that ridge, hard beside a stream,” Will said. “I got close as I dared. There’s eight of them, men and women both. No children I could see. They put up a lean-to against the rock. The snow’s pretty well covered it now, but I could still make it out. No fire burning, but the firepit was still plain as day. No one moving. I watched a long time. No living man ever lay so still.”
“營地在兩里之外，翻過山脊，緊鄰著一條溪?！蓖柎鸬溃拔乙呀浛康煤芙??？偣灿邪藗€人，男女都有，但沒看見小孩。他們背靠著大石頭，雖然雪幾乎把營地整個蓋住，但我還是分辨得出來。沒有營火，只有火堆的余燼比較明顯。他們一動不動，我仔細看了好長時間，活人絕不會躺得這么安靜。”
“Did you see any blood?”
“你發現血跡了嗎？”
“Well, no,” Will admitted.
“嗯，沒有?！蓖柼钩?。
“Did you see any weapons?”
“你看見任何武器了嗎？”
“Some swords, a few bows. One man had an axe. Heavy-looking, double-bladed, a cruel piece of iron. It was on the ground beside him, right by his hand.”
“幾支劍、兩三把弓，還有個家伙帶了一柄斧頭。鐵打的雙刃斧，似乎挺沉的，擺在他右手邊的地上?！?/p>
“Did you make note of the position of the bodies?”
“你記得他們躺著的相對位置嗎？”
Will shrugged. “A couple are sitting up against the rock. Most of them on the ground. Fallen, like.”
威爾聳聳肩?！皟扇齻€靠著石頭，大部分躺在地上，像是被打死的。”
“Or sleeping,” Royce suggested.
“也可能在睡覺?！绷_伊斯提出異議。
“Fallen,” Will insisted. “There’s one woman up an ironwood, half-hid in the branches. A far-eyes.” He smiled thinly. “I took care she never saw me. When I got closer, I saw that she wasn’t moving neither.” Despite himself, he shivered.
“肯定是被打死的，”威爾堅持己見，“因為有個女的爬在鐵樹上，藏在枝頭，應該是個斥候?！彼麥\淺一笑。“我很小心，沒讓她見著。但等我靠近，卻發現她根本毫無動靜?！闭f到這兒他不禁一陣顫抖。
讀物介紹：
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。本劇第一季于2011年4月17日開播，第二季于2012年4月1日回歸，第三季于2013年3月31日開始播出，第四季已獲得預定，將在2014年春季回歸。
