| Text | - Insist the House Lannister will not tolerate the insult of exile.
- Observe how vulnerable Lord Stark is this far from his home in the north.
- Hope that the king will show mercy on his wife when Lord Stark presents his accusation.
- Assure Pycelle that the truth about Joffrey and his mother will prevail.
- Pycelle's face sours. "If you know the wrathful king, you would have no hope for his reasonable understanding."
- Inquire about whether Queen Cersei accepted the offer of exile.
- "Of course not," Pycelle says. "The queen will not sit idly by while the Hand soils the legacy of House Lannister."
- Kirth ducks a cup thrown by the grand maester. "Stark dares exile the queen?" Pycelle barks. "An insult for a lie that Joffrey isn't the king's heir."
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