Margaery would normally be a better candidate for a mark than an ally, but Ket better than anyone knows that appearances can be deceiving. Loxley has earned enough trust that he can effectively vouch for others, and it's not hard to imagine several ways for Margaery to make herself useful. And the fact that she's taking steps to learn to defend herself is, in its way, heartening. If nothing else, it shows a woman willing to adapt.

"You know, it's funny," she observes, from where she's leaning against the fence surrounding the training grounds. Depending on how hard she's been concentrating, Margaery may or may not have a sense of how long Ket has been there. "My dancing teacher used to say I moved like I was in a knife fight, and here you have the opposite problem."