| Text | - Find out when the king is expected to return from his hunting excursion.
- Pycelle scoffs, shaking his beard. "Joffrey is the crown prince and heir to the Iron Throne," he insists.
- Grand Maester Pycelle grabs Kirth, "Lannister allies must be wary," he says. "When the king's hunt ends, he'll be told that Joffrey is not his heir."
- Assure Pycelle that House Stark cannot outplay the maneuvrings of House Lannister.
- Probe Pycelle to see if he believes that the rumors that Joffrey was born by Lannister incest.
- Hope that revelry will temper the king's wrath when he learns of Joffrey's true lineage.
- Convince Pycelle that it's for the best that the king finally learns about Joffrey.
- Pycelle shrugs, "King Robert will only return once his appetite for blood and feast is sated. Until then, we must brace ourselves for his wrath."
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