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    An offscreen death for Syrio better serves Arya's perspective who at that point is still pretty innocent. Keeping Syrio's death (or unlikely survival) abstract emphasizes Ned's impending death, which is concretized firsthand for Arya shortly afterwards. It just works better; it makes Ned's death that much more

    I get the feeling her position won't change; her spirit sealed away, just like her pup.