Now, [ says Dany, ] they fight for me as free men, or elsewise lead companies of other freed men, as they wish. They choose old names, new names. They keep the names given to them in their training, if that is their desire.

[ She remembers she had been curious why Grey Worm wished to keep his vermin name. His answer had moved her. ]

They have elected a captain, whom I trust with my every command. I put my life into their hands, and they have never once failed me, however frightening the task. [ She had asked if they would bring her water to bathe the sick in Astapor, and they had complied where her bloodriders and handmaids had recoiled. ]

They were made to be monsters, yet in that the Good Masters failed. [ Another sip of wine; she has sipped many times, it seems. But for this, she needs it. ] I received reports that some had visited houses of pleasure in my city. Brothels, [ she explains. ] They pay silver coin to lie with women. To be held.

[ Her eyes are dry now, as they had been then, but she had wanted to weep. Some part of her still does. ]

Tell me, how could I have given them up for lost? They are only weapons, forged in fire and steel. I would sooner extinguish the men who made them that way.