Need Help to Remain Spoiler Free [no spoilers]

Here is Maester Marwin on prophecy:

"Born amidst salt and smoke, beneath a bleeding star. I know the prophecy." Marwyn turned his head and spat a gob of red phlegm onto the floor. "Not that I would trust it. Gorghan of Old Ghis once wrote that a prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and think, how sweet, how fine, how good this is . . . and then her teeth snap shut and your moans turn to screams. That is the nature of prophecy, said Gorghan. Prophecy will bite your prick off every time." He chewed a bit. "Still . . ."

You are asking what people said 172 years later when all know what happened, when the prophesies are already revealed. Digging deep into this will bite your prick of everytime,

Enjoy the books. Once you are done, only then do I recommend diving deep into texts.

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