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Among the Dothraki, mothers stayed on horseback almost up to the moment of birth, and she did not want to seem weak in her husband's eyes. But with the khal off hunting, it was pleasant to lie back on soft cushions and be carried across Vaes Dothrak, with red silk curtains to shield her from the sun. Sir Jorah saddled up and rode beside her, with the four young men of her khas and her handmaids.
多斯拉克女性即使懷孕也依舊騎馬，只有臨盆前夕才是例外，她自然不想在丈夫眼中自承虛弱。不過，既然卡奧已經外出打獵，她便可舒服地躺在靠墊上，坐轎子讓人抬著穿越維斯·多斯拉克，還有紅絲帷幕為她遮擋驕陽。喬拉爵士策馬騎行在她身邊，同行的還有四名年輕的卡斯部眾與三位女仆。
The day was warm and cloudless, the sky a deep blue. When the wind blew, she could smell the rich scents of grass and earth. As her litter passed beneath the stolen monuments, she went from sunlight to shadow and back again. Dany swayed along, studying the faces of dead heroes and forgotten kings. She wondered if the gods of burned cities could still answer prayers.
天氣和煦無云，晴空湛藍。微風吹起，她聞到青草和土地的濃郁芬香。轎子從奪自異邦的神祗雕像下經過，她也隨之脫離目光，進入陰影，接著再返回日光。一路上，丹妮隨著轎子輕輕搖晃，審視著故去的英雄和被遺忘的國王們的臉龐，不知那些曾受人崇敬，如今信徒的城市早已付之一炬的諸神，是否依舊能應許她的祈禱。
If I were not the blood of the dragon, she thought wistfully, this could be my home. She was khaleesi, she had a strong man and a swift horse, handmaids to serve her, warriors to keep her safe, an honored place in the dosh khaleen awaiting her when she grew old... and in her womb grew a son who would one day bestride the world. That should be enough for any woman... but not for the dragon. With Viserys gone, Daenerys was the last, the very last. She was the seed of kings and conquerors, and so too the child inside her. She must not forget.
假如我不是真龍血脈，她滿心思慕地想，這里就會是我的家。她身為卡麗熙，有一個強壯的男人和一匹迅捷的馬，還有服侍她的女仆、保護她的武士，年老之后，還有多希卡林受人敬重的地位等著她……而且，在她的子宮里，那有朝一日將統御世界的兒子正日漸成長，對任何女人來說，都應該心滿意足……然而對真龍來說，這樣卻是不夠的。韋賽里斯既死，丹妮莉絲便是獨一無二的真龍傳人，她是國王與征服者的后裔，她體內的孩子也將繼承這樣的命運。她不敢忘卻。
