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Originally Posted by ham on rye
I thought the scene was intentionally creating tension over whether she would kill them or not. She is clearly a bit conflicted about it. It sounds like some people watched the scene and asked whether the soldiers were going to hurt her, but I don't think that was ever the question. It's clear that she is much more dangerous to them than they are to her. She is aware of guest rights and of the fact they aren't trying to hurt her, but she still understands them as enemies.
Arya won't trust Lannister soldiers to adhere to guest rights, for obvious reasons. Especially if anyone happens to recognize her, however unlikely that might be.
I agree the scene was intentionally creating tension, but not over whether Arya would just straight up kill them. Are the soldiers really good guys? Would the soldiers recognize her as a Stark? Would the situation escalate? As a viewer I certainly didn't think the soldiers would be able to hurt Arya, but I thought that might be or become their intention.
The way the scene ended, the sharing of food and laughing off her "joke", I think the tension concluded. For me that would raise the shock factor if by the start the next episode the Lannister soldiers are slaughtered. If that's the way they want to take Arya's character I guess it's possible, but I don't think that's the way she's heading.