Aye, I am a Northman. Lord Stark was my father. I was raised at Winterfell, but many years after your time. Cregan Stark was my great-grandsire's great-grandsire, or thereabouts.
[He really isn't sure: only that it was long, long ago, when there were still dragons. When the war he faces might have been easier, though it would never really have been easy for anyone.]
Of the ones who don't care for duty, how many of them know their duty? Do you think they might care if they did? Some men are evil, I do not dispute that, but others have had little chance in life.
If I have mistaken your proper title, I am very sorry for it.
[He has little and less concern for his own, except where he must. Does she think she must here and now? It wouldn't surprise him.]
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[He really isn't sure: only that it was long, long ago, when there were still dragons. When the war he faces might have been easier, though it would never really have been easy for anyone.]
Of the ones who don't care for duty, how many of them know their duty? Do you think they might care if they did? Some men are evil, I do not dispute that, but others have had little chance in life.
If I have mistaken your proper title, I am very sorry for it.
[He has little and less concern for his own, except where he must. Does she think she must here and now? It wouldn't surprise him.]