Game of Thrones, Season 2

Tywin Lannister:
(sniffing a poison dart that he thinks was intended for him, as prisoners are interrogated outside) Wolfsbane- a rare substance. (to Gregor Clegane) This is no common assassin.

Gregor Clegane:
We hanged twenty men last night.

Tywin Lannister:
I don't care if you hanged a hundred. A man tried to kill me- I want his name, and I want his head.

Gregor Clegane:
We think it was an infiltrator, from the Brotherhood Without Banners. (Arya brings food and drink)

Tywin Lannister:
A pretentious name for a band of outlaws. We can't allow rebels behind our lines to harass us with impunity; we look like fools, and they look like heroes. That's how kings fall. I want them dead- every one.

Gregor Clegane:
Killing them isn't the problem. (glances at Arya, who is cutting up Tywin's food) It's finding them.

Tywin Lannister:
You gone soft, Clegane? I always thought you had a talent for violence. (Arya hides a kitchen knife) Burn the villages, burn the farms- let them know what it means to choose the wrong side. (Clegane leaves, Tywin turns to Arya) Is that mutton?

Arya Stark:
Yes, my Lord.

Tywin Lannister:
I don't like mutton.

Arya Stark:
... I- I'll bring something else-

Tywin Lannister:
Leave it. (walks over to the table) You hungry?

Arya Stark:
(shakes her head quickly) No.

Tywin Lannister:
Of course you are. (gestures to the dish of bread and mutton) Eat.

Arya Stark:
I'll... eat in the kitchen, later.

Tywin Lannister:
(impatiently) It's bad manners to refuse a Lord's offer. (walks around her, offers her a knife) Sit- eat. (Arya sits, takes the knife, and- after hesitating starts eating ravenously) You're small, for your age- I suppose you've been underfed your whole life.

Arya Stark:
(with her mouth full) I eat a lot- I just don't grow.

Tywin Lannister:
(nods, turns away to the window) H'm. This will be my last war- win, or loose.

Arya Stark:
... Have you ever lost before?

Tywin Lannister:
(gives her a sharp look over his shoulder) Do you think I'd be in my position if I'd lost a war? (he raises an eyebrow, Arya shakes her head and shrugs; Tywin turns back to the window) This is the one I'll be remembered for- the War of Five Kings, they're calling it. (Arya glances at the back of Tywin's neck; her grip on the knife tightens as she contemplates killing him) My legacy will be determined in the coming months (he turns around, Arya quickly relaxes her grip; the danger moment is passed) Do you know what legacy means? (Arya shakes her head) It's what you pass down to your children- and to your children's children. It's what remains of you, after you're gone. (gestures at the chamber) Harren the Black thought this castle would be his legacy. The greatest fortress ever built- the tallest towers, the strongest walls. (walks over to the shattered fireplace) The Great Hall had thirty-five hearths- Thirty- five, can you imagine? (pause) Look at it now- a blasted ruin. Do you know what happened?

Arya Stark:
(smiles eagerly)...Dragons?

Tywin Lannister:
(smiles ruefully at her) Yes... Dragons happened. (sits down across from her and pours himself a drink) Harrenhall was built to withstand an attack from the land. A million men could have marched on these walls, and a million men would have been repelled. But, an attack from the air, with dragonfire- (shakes his head) Harren and all his sons roasted alive within these walls. Aegon Targaryen changed the rules- that's why every child alive knows his name, three hundred years after his death. (takes a drink)

Arya Stark:
Aegon... and his sisters.

Tywin Lannister:
(sets down his goblet) Hmm?

Arya Stark:
It wasn't just Aegon riding his dragon. It was Raenys and Visenya, too.

Tywin Lannister:
(looks at her curiously) Correct!....Student of history, are you?

Arya Stark:
(not realizing she has nearly exposed her identity) Raenys rode Baraxis, Visenya rode Vaegar.

Tywin Lannister:
(shrugs, takes a drink) I'm sure I knew that, when I was a boy.

Arya Stark:
Visenya Targaryen was a great warrior. She had a Valyrian steel sword she called "Dark Sister".

Tywin Lannister:
(smiles knowingly) Hmm- she's a heroine of yours, I take it? (pause) Aren't most girls more interested in the pretty maids in the songs- Jonquil, with flowers in their hair?

Arya Stark:
(contemptuously) Most girls are idiots.

Tywin Lannister:
(amused) Hah! You remind me of my daughter. (frowns at her curiously again, leans forward) Where did you learn all this stuff about Visenya and her Valyrian steel sword.

Arya Stark:
(realizing the danger, but secretly answering truthfully)... From my father.

Tywin Lannister:
(raises an eyebrow skeptically) He was a well-read stone-mason...(shrugs, leans back and takes a drink) Can't say I've ever met a literate stone-mason.

Arya Stark:
(sarcastically) ...Have you met many stone-masons, my Lord?

Tywin ( lowers his cup, smiles coldly) ...Careful now, girl. I enjoy you, but be careful. (gestures at her half-empty plate of food) Take that back to the kitchen- eat what you want. (Arya nods, collects her dishes and starts toward the door) And girl- "Milord". (Arya turns and frowns at him, confused) Low-born girls say "Milord", not "my Lord". If you're going to pose as a commoner, you should do it properly.

Arya Stark:
(defiantly) My mother served Lady Dustin for many years, my Lord. She taught me how to speak proper- properly.

Tywin Lannister:
(smiles admiringly) You're too smart for your own good- has anyone told you that?

Arya Stark:
(smiles) Yes.

Tywin Lannister:
Go on. (Arya leaves, Tywin smiles to himself)