"I'm also very grateful to Prince Oberyn for sending me a messenger who is both capable and reasonable." Gendry lightly kissed Tyene's palm as well, his long, slender hands lifting the sister's hand.
Tyene excelled at all sorts of poisons. Those who used poison knew the methods and precautions, and Tyene was one of the more clearheaded Sand Snakes. Gendry actually knew how to use poison too, but it would hardly bring him honor if word got out.
After observing and spending time with him, Tyene had thoroughly grasped the current power structure... The future of the Seven Kingdoms, perhaps even the Known World, rested in the hands of this newly risen Storm's Hand.
If Dorne wanted a foothold in the new order to come, it could only join the ranks of the Small Council.
Once Father and the others hear the results of the Battle of the Blackwater Rush, Uncle Doran will make up his mind too. First came the Bombardment of the Reach Camp, forcing the Reach to attack, then the Hammer and Anvil Tactic, using soft, muddy ground and archers to wear them down, and finally the Shield Formation and knights to cut them apart. He killed the Archon of Volantis, slew the Four Famous Kings, crushed the Volantis Coalition Army, captured the Imp. Joffrey died in a riot, and Cersei fled for her life, Tyene thought.
Tyene knew Prince Doran and Prince Oberyn had studied several of Gendry's brilliant battles. The Red Viper had even personally taken part in the battle at Myr Wall against Khal Drogo. Then there were the Battle of the Whispering Wood, the Battle of the Encirclement Camp, the Storming of Luan River Castle, and his secret forced crossing of the Bloody Gate under cover of the Winter Wolf Army's southward advance.