Asking questions, Varys said, slipping out the door.
他問得太多了。瓦里斯說著溜出門。
As he stood in the predawn chill watching Chiggen butcher his horse, Tyrion Lannister chalked up one more debt owed the Starks. Steam rose from inside the carcass when the squat sellsword opened the belly with his skinning knife. His hands moved deftly, with never a wasted cut; the work had to be done quickly, before the stink of blood brought shadowcats down from the heights.
提利昂·蘭尼斯特站在天光未現的清冷曉色里,看著契根宰殺他的坐騎,暗暗在心里把史塔克家欠他的債再添上一筆。那傭兵用剝皮的刀割開馬肚,蒸汽立刻從尸骸里冒出。他兩手并用,熟練操作,一刀也不浪費。這事本當迅速完成,以免山上的影子山貓嗅到血腥聞香而來。
None of us will go hungry tonight, Bronn said. He was near a shadow himself; bone thin and bone hard, with black eyes and black hair and a stubble of beard.
今晚咱們都不會挨餓了。波隆道。他瘦得像骨頭一樣,也堅毅得像骨頭,黑眼黑發,加上短短的胡子,活像是團黑影。
Some of us may, Tyrion told him. I am not fond of eating horse. Particularly my horse.
不見得。提利昂告訴他。我可對馬肉沒興趣,尤其沒興趣吃自己的馬。
Meat is meat, Bronn said with a shrug. The Dothraki like horse more than beef or pork.
反正都是肉,波隆聳肩道,跟牛肉和豬肉相比,多斯拉克人還更愛馬肉呢。
Do you take me for a Dothraki? Tyrion asked sourly. The Dothraki ate horse, in truth; they also left deformed children out for the feral dogs who ran behind their khalasars. Dothraki customs had scant appeal for him.
你覺得我像多斯拉克人嗎?提利昂冷冷地說。多斯拉克人吃馬肉是千真萬確的事,他們還放任畸形兒自生自滅,留給跟在卡拉薩后面的野狗吃。他們的習俗委實不怎么吸引他。
Chiggen sliced a thin strip of bloody meat off the carcass and held it up for inspection. Want a taste, dwarf?
契根從馬尸上割下一薄片血淋淋的肉,舉在半空中仔細瞧看。矮個子,要不要先來一口?
My brother Jaime gave me that mare for my twenty-third name day, Tyrion said in a flat voice.
這匹母馬是我老哥詹姆送給我的二十三歲命名日禮物。提利昂用平板的口氣說。
Thank him for us, then. If you ever see him again. Chiggen grinned, showing yellow teeth, and swallowed the raw meat in two bites. Tastes well bred.
那如果你還能活著見到他,代我們道聲謝。契根嘻嘻一笑,露出滿嘴黃牙,然后兩口就把那塊生肉吞下肚去。這馬挺不錯。

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