Sandor was the last person he had thought to wander into on his near midnight excursi- on to the gardens, he wasn’t too fond of the flowers, their scent thick and sweet coated his lungs and made it hard for him to breath but he did enjoy the stars and moon above his head; and it t’was the only place he was most certain his mother and uncle would no- t think to look, had the guards told his moth- er he was out of bed. ❝ Ser Clegane… ❞
Relieved of the duty of guarding the little twat for the night, Sandor was prepared to head to his chambers and drink his fill of wine until sleep finally came. How- ever, he soon found his path had crossed that of the sickly child Colin Baratheon. He suppressed a groan at the thought of having his sleep further belated; and the child calling him ser only irritated him further. ❝Shouldn’t you be in bed, boy?❞