


Still drinking steadily, Tyrion asks Varys why he would gamble his life and reputation to free Tyrion. "The future is s**t, just like the past," Tyrion declares – right before he vomits. As Varys reiterates the urgency of the cause, Tyrion helps himself to a jug of wine. The Spider explains they've arrived at the Pentoshi home of his friend Illyrio Mopatis, his co-conspirator to reinstate Targaryen rule during Robert Baratheon's ineffectual reign. Varys frees Tyrion Lannister from the crate he boarded to cross the Narrow Sea. "Tyrion may be a monster, but at least he killed our father on purpose," she tells Jaime. They agree that their hold on the kingdom is threatened – a predicament for which Cersei holds both her brothers responsible. The twins discuss the ramifications of their father's death on the Lannister legacy. She requests a moment of privacy and joins her brother, who stands guard over Tywin's body. In King's Landing, Cersei arrives at the Sept of Baelor to attend her father's funeral, passing Margaery Tyrell in the receiving line. The woman tastes the girl's blood and answers her questions: Cersei will be queen, until someone younger and more beautiful replaces her Cersei will have three children, and furthermore, "Gold will be their crowns – and gold their shrouds." Cersei demands that Maggy foretell her future. A young Cersei Lannister and her highborn friend trudge through the woods in search of the notorious witch Maggy the Frog.
