So I finished the Cersei chapter and man she's as conniving as ever, I don't think she'll ever truly get it. Even after being locked up by the High Septon (and I forgot all about that btw, goes to show you how much I loved AFFC - not), she continues to see enemies in the shadows. She hates the Tyrells, she wants Loras Tyrell to die, and she confesses and lies her way to better circumstances (more comfortable accommodations) as a captive of the Seven and the High Septon in the Great Sept of Balor. As much as I enjoy seeing Cersei squirm, I don't like this new High Septon one bit. He is going to be trouble for someone else down the road. GRRM has a knack for this of course: we get want we want but we get something else we probably don't (want). Does Cersei even realize how tenuous the Lannister position is ever her father Tywin's death that she would want to destroy the Tyrells alliance so badly? Besides the army that Jaime commands (who has gone AWOL after following Brienne to Lady Stoneheart apparently), Kevan Lannister even points out that they don't have another legitimate army to combat the sellsword ships landing in the south (Tarth, Stepstones, etc.). Kevan thinks this is Stannis' work but we as readers suspect this is probably Prince Aegon and the Golden Company.
Cersei is losing it. In the end, it seemed like the High Septon wanted to put her on trial for some very egregious crimes and sins against their religion, the Seven. But was it either the trial or walking on the waterfront (naked?), or both? I didn't quite understand whether walking on the waterfront (naked?) would absolve her of her crimes and forego the trial. Can't wait to see what Qyburn is cooking up. The Mountain that Rides Part Deux . . .
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