Hvar liggur þá valdið? Gáta
Í bókunum A Song of Ice and Fire er skemmtilegri spurningu varpað fram af geldingi einum. Spurningin er góð og mikilvæg þess að hugleiða. Í bókaflokknum er meira að segja lagt fram eitthvað sem líkist svari.
“May I leave you with a bit of a riddle, Lord Tyrion?” He did not wait for an answer. “In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it’ says the priest, ‘for I command you in the names of the gods.’ ‘Do it’ says the rich man, ‘and all this gold shall be yours.’ So tell me—who lives and who dies?”
Bowing deeply, the eunuch hurried from the common room on soft slippered feet.
Þess má geta að þættirnir frábæru A Game of Thrones eru byggðir á þessum tiltekna bókaflokki