Gaurav Guha
Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read

An Emotional Reunion : Game of thrones S07 Episode 2

The show witnessed a brief reunion of Arya Stark and her long absent direwolf, Nymeria. Arya asked Nymeria to return north with her but things had changed and Nymeria, now leading a huge wolfpack, decided to roam free.The animal eventually walking away as the young Stark said, “That’s not you,” which is a callback to season one.

Back in season one, Arya set Nymeria loose in the woods to keep her safe from Cersei, who had demanded the heads of Nymeria and Sansa’s wolf Lady as retribution for Joffrey’s direwolf-induced “injury.” In the books, Nymeria becomes leader of a gigantic wolf pack that roams the Riverlands, but until Sunday, she hadn’t been seen again on the show.

So why did they reunite Arya and Nymeria now? In this particular episode, having Arya again meet Nymeria might simply be a sign that she’s again on the right path — heading back to Winterfell, to rejoin with her pack, her family. Seeing that Nymeria has survived, but that she hasn’t done so alone, should resonate with Arya, reminding her and us an important life theory that “the lone wolf dies, while the pack survives.”

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