But Larys Strong chose not to say anything more, simply because his attention remained fixed on the first thing his elder brother Harwin Strong had said: His Grace Viserys would not allow him to meet Prince Aegon privately.
The reason was simple enough. The truth could not stay hidden forever, and His Grace had learned about Hugh "Hammer" on Dragonstone, though his version differed from the one Harwin knew.
Although the prince had personally explained it through a dream, His Grace, delighted by his son's gift for dragon dreams, had still warned Larys not to let anyone else know beyond those on Dragonstone who already knew at the time.
And, on the grounds that Aegon was too young to be exposed to too much, he had openly restricted Larys's private contact with him. In short, he feared that this "bad boy" Larys would lead his precious son astray.
But His Grace, delighted by the prince's gift as a Dreamwalker, had also given Larys a secret task alongside his orders to keep silent: eliminate the other of the "two great traitors" in the prince's dream, Ulf "the White."
Thus, over the past few days, Larys had used the other details from the prince's "dragon dream" to ask Harwin to keep an eye on the drunks in King's Landing's taverns. If he found someone with the same name who matched the description, he was to inform Larys and dispose of the man directly.
After some hesitation, Larys looked at his concerned elder brother, paused, and tapped his fingertips lightly against the table before continuing, "However, His Grace not only refrained from blaming me, but gave me a secret task."
"What task?" Harwin asked at once, unconsciously leaning forward.
Larys did not answer directly. He turned to look out the window toward the