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Robb reined his horse in, breathing hard. The fury went out of his eyes, and his sword arm dropped.
羅柏勒住馬，急劇地喘氣。怒意從他眼底消失，持劍的手也垂軟下來。
In that moment Bran saw everything. Summer was savaging Hali, pulling glistening blue snakes from her belly. Her eyes were wide and staring.
就在那一剎那，整個局勢在布蘭眼前一覽無遺。夏天正對付哈莉，從她肚子里扯出一條條發亮的藍色小蛇。她的眼睛睜得老大，瞪著冰原狼。
Bran could not tell whether she was alive or dead. The grey stubbly man and the one with the axe lay unmoving, but Osha was on her knees, crawling toward her fallen spear.
布蘭辨不清她究竟是死是活。灰胡碴和拿斧頭那兩個人躺著一動不動。歐莎則爬了起來，正朝她的長槍挪去。
Grey Wind padded toward her, dripping wet. Call him off! the big man shouted. Call them both off, or the cripple boy dies now!
灰風渾身滴水，啪噠啪噠朝她走近。叫他走開！大漢喊道，把他們都叫開，不然這殘廢小鬼現在就死！
Grey Wind, Summer, to me, Robb said.
灰風，夏天，過來。羅柏道。
The direwolves stopped, turned their heads. Grey Wind loped back to Robb. Summer stayed where he was, his eyes on Bran and the man beside him. He growled. His muzzle was wet and red, but his eyes burned.
冰原狼停步，回頭。灰風飛奔到羅柏身邊，夏天則留在原地，看著布蘭和他身旁的人，發出低吼。它的口鼻鮮血淋漓，雙眼燃燒著怒火。
Osha used the butt end of her spear to lever herself back to her feet. Blood leaked from a wound on the upper arm where Robb had cut her.
歐莎撐著槍尾站起來。她的上臂被羅柏砍了一劍，汨汨流血。
Bran could see sweat trickling down the big man’s face. Stiv was as scared as he was, he realized. Starks, the man muttered, bloody Starks. He raised his voice. Osha, kill the wolves and get his sword.
布蘭看到大漢滿臉是汗，這才明白史帝夫和自己同樣害怕。史塔克，他喃喃道，該死的史塔克。他提高音量。歐莎，把狼宰了，拿走他的劍。
Kill them yourself, she replied. I’ll not be getting near those monsters.
要殺你自己殺，她回答，我死也不靠近那些怪物。
For a moment Stiv was at a loss. His hand trembled; Bran felt a trickle of blood where the knife pressed against his neck. The stench of the man filled his nose; he smelled of fear. You, he called out to Robb. You have a name?
史帝夫似乎突然間沒了主意。他的手開始發抖，布蘭只覺得刀鋒緊貼脖子，血順著滴下來。男人的臭味充塞他鼻孔，那是一種恐懼的氣息。喂，他朝羅柏喊，你叫啥名字？
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