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“A shade more exhausting than needlework,” Jon observed.
"看到沒有，這恐怕比做針線活兒要累喲。"瓊恩表示。
“A shade more fun than needlework,” Arya gave back at him. Jon grinned, reached over, and messed up her hair. Arya flushed. They had always been close. Jon had their father’s face, as she did. They were the only ones. Robb and Sansa and Bran and even little Rickon all took after the Tullys, with easy smiles and fire in their hair. When Arya had been little, she had been afraid that meant that she was a bastard too. It been Jon she had gone to in her fear, and Jon who had reassured her.
"可也比做針線活兒要好玩多了。"艾莉亞回嘴。瓊恩咧嘴一笑，伸手過來撥弄她的頭發。艾莉亞臉紅了，他們一向很親，在所有的孩子里，就數瓊恩和她遺傳到父親的長臉。羅柏、珊莎和布蘭都長得比較像徒利家的人，就連小瑞肯也是笑容可掬，發紅似火。艾莉亞小時候，還曾經害怕自己也是個私生子。她害怕的時候就去找瓊恩，因為瓊恩總能讓她安心。
“Why aren’t you down in the yard?” Arya asked him.
"你怎么沒跟他們一起下場子？"艾莉亞問他。
He gave her a half smile. “Bastards are not allowed to damage young princes,” he said. “Any bruises they take in the practice yard must come from trueborn swords.”
他淺淺一笑："私生子沒資格跟王子過招，"他說，"就算練習，也只有正室的孩子可以傷他們。"
“Oh.” Arya felt abashed. She should have realized. For the second time today, Arya reflected that life was not fair.
"噢。"艾莉亞覺得好生尷尬，她早該想到這點才對。在同一天里，她第二次感嘆生命的不公平。
She watched her little brother whack at Tommen. “I could do just as good as Bran,” she said. “He’s only seven. I’m nine.”
她看著自己的小弟揮劍朝托曼砍去。"我打起來不輸布蘭，"她說，"他才七歲，我已經九歲了。"
Jon looked her over with all his fourteen-year-old wisdom. “You’re too skinny,” he said. He took her arm to feel her muscle. Then he sighed and shook his head. “I doubt you could even lift a longsword, little sister, never mind swing one.”
瓊恩以一副小大人的姿態打量著她："你太瘦啦，"他挽起她的手，量度她的肌肉發育，然后搖頭嘆氣，"小妹，我看你連把長劍都舉不起，更別說是揮舞格斗了。"
Arya snatched back her arm and glared at him. Jon messed up her hair again. They watched Bran and Tommen circle each other.
艾莉亞抽回手，很不服氣地瞪著他看。于是瓊恩又伸手撥弄她的一頭亂發。兩人靜靜地坐在一起，看著布蘭和托曼互相兜圈子。
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