When I was eight-and-ten, I was not to be trusted in that way. I had to be reminded of my oaths and my duty, by my friends. I wished to aid my father and my brother in their troubles and their war, but I had sworn myself to the Watch. Any man might have been tempted, but no man should have given in. It would have been my brother's duty to take my head if I had tried to come fight at his side.
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Now I think I can be. I hope I can be.