You need to surround yourself with more Braavosi then. You won’t find anywhere better than Braavos. Certainly not in Slaver’s Bay. They’d be arrested if they ever sailed into the lagoon, and they should count themselves lucky if that's all that's done to them.

[ zokla gives a little dismissive toss of her head. her hair now reaches closer to her shoulders in a tangled bird’s nest. it wants cutting.

the doll in her hands has similar wild hair. the face and hands were delicately carved. care was taken in its making, though the little girl didn’t take the same care in her play. the skirt has a water stain and the body has a scratch through which the stuffing struggles to break out.

she drops the doll on the boardwalk. it’s only a stupid toy. ]