The Astapori are dying. The Flux is spreading through them like wildfire. I imagine that this is tearing Dany apart as she considers all of these people to be her children and she cannot do anything for him. Even trying to separate the sick from the not sick is having no affect as the not sick quickly become sick. She is out surveying the status of the people and delivering food. She seems to think that she will be safe from the Flux since she can never remember getting sick and Viserys had told her that dragons are not affected by disease. I wonder if there is something about the Targaryen's that protects them from disease?
As she travels through the camp, the people who can call out to her as their Mother and yell blessings to her. It's almost scary how the people idolize her to the point that it almost feels like she is their god. The power that she holds is truly amazing, but it has so much hardship for someone who cares as much as she does. Now that Aegon is in the picture, part of me thinks that it would be better for him to deal with the pressures of being king and ruling Westeros. Let Dany be his queen or remain a princess who can care for the people without those heavy burdens laying on her shoulders.
Eventually, Dany decides to stop and distribute the food. She then decides to show the people that she cares by personally washing them much to the chagrin of some of her entourage. She manages to guilt most of them to help her by separating the dead from the living to burn the bodies and by helping the living to wash in the water. She could possibly be immune to sickness, but the others are not. Will any of them catch the Flux?
Afterwards, they return to the city and Dany bathes with Missandei. Missandei makes a comment about hearing the Astapori scratching at the walls during the night. They quickly quell her fears, but that worries me. Is this just the imagination of a child or is something going on? Afterwards, she discusses her impending marriage to Hizdahr. She resists many of the rituals that they want her to follow and Hizdahr seems to be ok with that. He is almost....too ok with it. Why is he so ready to throw away these traditions except because he is ready to have the power of kingship given to him? He happily tells her that he has secured peace with the Yunkai'i and the men of New Ghis as long as Dany leaves them to their slaving and as long she marries him. This seems suspicious.
Before her dinner is over the Storm Crows (in other words Daario) return with news for her. Daario reports to her with various pieces of information including the betrayal of the the Second Sons and Brown Ben Plumm. Is this the truth or a lie of Daario's? I like that Ser Barristan doesn't like Daario. I don't like him either. After everyone else leaves Daario kisses Dany and she returns the favor. Ugh. She is like putty in his hands. This is bad. I don't know why, but it's bad.
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