He can't understand why anyone would want to live like that, but Tyrion tells him it's because there's more work, hence more money to be made, "and the brothels are far superior". Jon asks Tyrion how many people live in King's Landing, and when told that it's around a million, notes there aren't even that many people in the entire North - but here, they're all crammed into one place. Varys, Tyrion, Theon, Jon, Davos, Jorah, Missandei and Sandor are all on the lead ship, while Dany is conspicuously absent. In Blackwater Bay, the Iron Fleet rides at anchor as Dany's five ships sail towards the meeting. Their losses at the battle of the Roseroad notwithstanding, there are still tens of thousands of Dothraki left, and Bronn obeserves that it looks like the Lannister forces are going to be downtrodden. A horn is blown, and Daenaerys's khalasar rides into view, something neither Jaime or Bronn are happy to see. Jaime snarks that Tyrion has always had a soft spot for the downtrodden. Jaime wonders if that's all it comes down to, causing Bronn to observe that Tyrion has sided with "the cockless". Jaime, in a moment of introspection, points out gold can be used for a man's family, to which Bronn counters that a man can't have a family without a means of attaining that family, i.e. Bronn can't understand the Unsullied's motivation to fight, since they don't have cocks when Jaime says they might fight for gold, Bronn asks him what does he think soldiers spend gold on. Bronn joins Jaime at the wall and notes that he likes being called 'my lord', to which Jaime snarks that "the thrill will fade" Bronn admits it might, but that's assuming they survive the coming battles. Bronn is overseeing Lannister men filling barrels with pitch, and when told they have prepared 500 barrels, he doublechecks the number of Unsullied and orders 500 more. They stand in their rigid formations, while on the parapets of King's Landing, Jaime looks on in concern. Outside King's Landing, the Unsullied, led by Grey Worm, have made it east from Casterly Rock.
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