Arya has an empty place inside now that her parents and brothers are all dead.1 She would sleep all day and all night if Sandor did not make her go on. Her dreams are the best part of her life now. She enters Nymeria in those dreams and presides over a huge pack of wolves. They have two horses now, Stranger and Craven, who Arya named after Sandor said he had probably run from the Twins just like them. Sandor no longer watches her closely, but she does not run because she has no idea where she would go. They ride all day long every day, but Sandor refuses to tell her where they are going. They see other people from time to time, usually groups of Frey armsmen searching for stray northmen. One day, they come across a moratlly wounded archer in service to Ser Marq who describes how a Bolton man befriended and then attack him at the Red Wedding. Sandor gives him water and mercy, killing him quickly. After looting the corpse, they countinue. They reach the foothills of the Mountains of the Moon, where Sandor finally reveals he intends to attempt to ransom Arya to Lysa. Arya says they should return to the Twins to rescue Robb and Catelyn instead, but he dismisses this as nonsense. That night, she enters Nymeria and can smell her mother. She wades into the river and pulls the corpse out. Just then, a group of men approach, and she must abandon her prize.2 The next morning, she accepts that Robb and Catelyn are dead. They come to a village, where Sandor learns that taking the high road is impossible due to both the weather and the renewed depredations of the mountain clans, who now have steel. They stay in the town for a fortnight, with Sandor doing labor to earn their way. He thinks they should stay there awhile, but the next day, they are turned out by the village elder, who recognizes Sandor and does not want any trouble. Sandor is paid with some copper, sour ale, and a sword that he trades for with his axe. He decides to make for Riverrun again. Arya suggest the Wall, but he thinks that is a bad idea.
