"That explains why so much of this damage is inside the walls," and why the walls weren't damaged at all. She wondered if they would have needed a bigger dog or a pack of dogs or if there had been more magic involved.

It was starting to seem like there was always more magic.

She gave Gendry a smile for his joke - it was a good one, after all, and one that shook off the creeping shadow: she did not feel safe. "I wonder how they defeated it - without the giant dog, I mean."