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I ought to snap this toy across my knee here and now, and put an end to this nonsense.
我真應該現在就用膝蓋把這玩意兒折斷，終止這場鬧劇。
Needle wouldn't break, Arya said defiantly, but her voice betrayed her words.
縫衣針不會斷的。艾莉亞不服氣地說，然而她知道自己的口氣頗為心虛。
It has a name, does it? Her father sighed. Ah, Arya. You have a wildness in you, child.
它還有名字？父親嘆道，啊，艾莉亞，我的孩子，
The wolf blood,my father used to call it. Lyanna had a touch of it, and my brother Brandon more than a touch.
你有股特別的野性，你的祖父稱之為奔狼之血.萊安娜有那么一點，我哥哥布蘭登則更多，
It brought them both to an early grave. Arya heard sadness in his voice; he did not often speak of his father, or of the brother and sister who had died before she was born.
結果兩人都英年早逝。
Lyanna might have carried a sword, if my lord father had allowed it.
艾莉亞從他話音里聽出了哀傷，他鮮少談及自己的父親和兄妹，他們都在她出生前就過世了。
You remind me of her sometimes. You even look like her.
當初若是你祖父答應，萊安娜大概也會舞刀弄劍。有時候看到你，我就想起她，你甚至長得都跟她有幾分神似。
Lyanna was beautiful, Arya said, startled. Everybody said so.
萊安娜是個大美人。艾莉亞錯愕地道。每個人都這么說，
It was not a thing that was ever said of Arya.
但從沒有人拿她來形容艾莉亞。
She was, Eddard Stark agreed, beautiful, and willful, and dead before her time.
可不是嗎？艾德·史塔克同意，她既美麗又任性，結果紅顏薄命。
He lifted the sword, held it out between them. Arya, what did you think to do with this Needle?
他舉起劍，隔在兩人之間。艾莉亞，你要這縫衣針做什么？
Who did you hope to skewer? Your sister? Septa Mordane? Do you know the first thing about sword fighting?
你想拿來對付誰？你姐姐？還是茉丹修女？你知道劍道的第一步是什么？
All she could think of was the lesson Jon had given her. Stick them with the pointy end, she blurted out.
她惟一能想到的只是瓊恩教過她的東西。用尖的那端去刺敵人。她脫口而出。
Her father snorted back laughter. That is the essence of it, I suppose.
父親忍俊不禁。我想這的確是劍術的精髓。
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