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She cut off his mask. She had asked him to remove it, but he hadn't.

The man was bald, as Maila Reed had said he would be. He had a scar on his cheek.

But Aranya somehow sensed it was not the man she had been speaking with. As if when she took off the mask, he became another man. She did not know what to make of it.

The baby was wailing for milk.

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Aranya cursed. She knew what she was facing now.

She gathered up the baby and strode back through the muck, the swamp sucking at her, trying to pull her in. When she reached the horses, she mounted Captain Snow. Perra mounted her own horse and cradled Maila's baby.

"Is he dead?" Fallon asked.

Aranya laughed grimly. "Well, I spoke to him. Let's get the fuck out of this place. I need to get back to King's Landing." They turned and rode hard, eager to be out of the Neck.