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[Having been here a couple of weeks now, Arya looks very different from the first time she addressed the network. She's cleaned up considerably from when she arrived, covered in the mud and blood of Harrenhal, an urchin shivering in a forgotten gray alleyway. She has gained a few bruises since then, particularly on her arms and legs, most of them brown and fading now, but there's one purpling welt on her forearm that she can't help poking at. She doesn't seem too bothered by the bruises, though. While she's arranged her hair in a slightly more feminine way, she's still wearing boys clothes; looser, more comfortable, easier to fight and tumble around in.]

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[Those of you passing through the Thor district may chance upon Arya sometime in the morning, looking a little dissatisfied and disappointed in herself. Maya's set her a task, but she's finding it a very difficult one to complete.]

No good. Maybe I just haven't found the right place yet, but...

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[It's late afternoon when she addresses the network. Her face still looks troubled.]

What sort of place do you go to, when you need to be alone and think?

[A pause. She's not sure whether to say the next part or not. The truth is, there's a lot that's happened to her over the last few months, ever since they left Winterfell, really. And she's just had to keep going through it all. To have to stop and examine herself now, to meditate and find the inner Arya, would mean facing it all, rather than just adding names to a list of people she'll one day give their retribution. It would mean grieving for Ned, something she's not had the space to do yet. And the idea is scaring her. Maybe not being able to find a place to follow Maya's instruction to her successfully is just a front for that.

She takes a deep breath, but the words won't come. She's just eleven years old, after all, how does she even try and process all of this?]

Robb, can you come and see me, please? I...

[She feels herself blinking back tears and, embarrassed, quickly shuts off the feed.]

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The godswood just outside Winterfell. It was somewhere my father used to go, too. [Her voice is tinged with sadness.] I'm not sure if something similar to home would help, or make things worse.

Perhaps near a tree would be the most comfortable for you.

Yes, probably. I haven't seen that many trees around the city, though. The park might be my best bet, I think.

If you want to avoid having your thoughts interrupted, bring a book with you and hold it up in front of you while you think.

That's a good idea, I might try that.

You may find it useful if you just want to watch people for a while, too.

[Laura does a lot of people-watching. She prefers it to direct social interaction a lot of the time.]

Watching ... people?

Observing people is one way to quietly think.

At home I used to watch my brothers sparring, so something like watching people might help.

[That piques Laura's curiosity.]

What are you trying to learn or think about?

Actually, it's a task that my teacher set me as part of my training. She wants me to meditate, to try and find the inner me. I'm still not really sure how that will make me better with a sword, though.

Meditation improves focus. If you are unfocused in a fight, someone can use that against you and attack.

I don't think I got that far in my previous training, but then, Maya's teaching is very different to the way Syrio taught me.

What style of swordfighting did you learn from Syrio?

He taught the Braavosi style - it's completely different to anything I've seen before, really. A lot of it involved agility and speed; he made me catch cats for practice. [She smiles nostalgically.]

[Laura smiles a little at that.]

You would learn speed and agility from catching cats, yes. There are gymnastic exercises you could try, as well.

What sort of exercises?

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