Thoros of Myr remembers the attack at Mummer’s Ford and how giving a dead Beric Dondarion the ritual of the last kiss did not go as he expected.
This one went smoothly. While I don’t think Beric is banged up enough, I’m happy with how it turned out. Also while I don’t think Mr. Martin ever mentioned it, I assumed Thoros must have had armor. He fights in mêlées after all.
Finally, I didn’t know where this took place. Considering how much of a route the battle was I wasn’t sure how the survivors could retreat. I put the battle, still going on, in the background to be on the safe side.
“I have no magic, child. Only prayers. That first time, his lordship had a hole right through him and blood in his mouth, I knew there was no hope. So when his poor torn chest stopped moving, I gave him the good god’s own kiss to send him on his way. I filled my mouth with fire and breathed the flames inside him, down his throat to lungs and heart and soul. The last kiss it is called, and many a time I saw the old priests bestow it on the Lord’s servants as they died. I had given it a time or two myself, as all priests must. But never before had I felt a dead man shudder as the fire filled him, nor seen his eyes come open. It was not me who raised him, my lady. It was the Lord. R’hllor is not done with him yet. Life is warmth, and warmth is fire, and fire is God’s and God’s alone.” Arya VII Pg 537
