In the course of a single chapter Dany goes from being the burdened queen to waking "as full of hope as she had been since first she came to Slaver's Bay" to being at war with a powerful group of enemies who were once allies. Things are not getting any easier for the dragon. This is a pretty normal theme for most of the characters in this series and particularly this book. So far, each chapter has shown these characters in situations which are getting progressively tougher and tougher to handle.
Personally, I don't know that Dany can win in her current situation. I think my opinion has changed as I have read her chapters because I feel like I was a bit more optimistic at the start of this book. I also don't know where I stand in regard to her freed slaves. Did she really put them in a better situation than they were in before? I suppose freedom is always better than slavery and the former masters certainly deserved to be brought low, but I also understand where Xaro Xhoan Daxos is coming from. Some of these slaves know nothing but servitude and they have become incredibly admired because of their situation. These same slaves would have none of that otherwise.
Xaro Xhoan Daxos is slimey. This is clear. He offers Dany 13 ships to take her back to Westeros to reclaim her kingdom. She is also offered these ships to take her away from the business of Daxos and the Thirteen. I didn't trust him from the beginning of the chapter and I half expected him to make an attempt on Dany's life. I think he was prodding her for information by asking about her Bloodriders and her dragons. I also think he got more information than is safe for Dany. I want to know how he knows about the Sons of the Harpy? Is he involved more deeply than it seems?
Dany wakes in the morning full of hope and she seems to be ready to return to Westeros until she meets with her large group of advisers. I kind of hoped this would begin her journey back to take the Iron Throne, but in reality she can't leave. She freed these people and they are her responsibility now. As the queen, she needs to finish the job. I just fear that the cost to her will be too great and that she may not even succeed.
When she denies Daxos' request to head to Westeros he blatantly threatens her life and then declares war on her. My first thought was "what is Tyrion getting himself into?" Dany just made herself more enemies and they are possibly the most dangerous she has had to deal with.
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