[he wonders at the chasm of knowledge between them, how they're ever going to reconcile their three years apart. he doesn't see how he could find any point of reference between them. beyond the wall and after, as lord commander, he'd done things he never would have believed he could do as the boy sansa knew in winterfell. he likes to think their father, and robb, would approve of the choices he's made, but he doesn't know how he could defend them to sansa. he doesn't want to be anything less than the gallant lord commander to her, and for the first time in a long time he truly feels ashamed of breaking his vows.]
Lord Commander Mormont led a ranging of a thousand men after--after Benjen disappeared.
[she has seen so much loss already, he hesitates to add to her burden, but it was bound to come up eventually.]
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Lord Commander Mormont led a ranging of a thousand men after--after Benjen disappeared.
[she has seen so much loss already, he hesitates to add to her burden, but it was bound to come up eventually.]