[ He sets down the device so that he might fold his arms over his table, relaxing his posture. Letting one wall down before her. ]
Maester Luwin — he served our house long and well — taught us of the Long Night. But even Northern children who have never seen a true winter will be reluctant to believe in what seem little more than bedtime stories. The Night King is a legend thousands of years old, and a legend he remained to us.
[ Here, Robb frowns down at his hands, thinking back to an ominous conversation he'd had with Jon. ]
To all but my brother Jon. He joined the Night's Watch at Castle Black... ventured north of the Wall. He set eyes upon the Night King, and his army of the dead.
[ Peering quietly up at Daenerys. ]
They were men, once, Your Grace. So Jon witnessed. Men who died, and became something... other. He says that now, if you die near the Wall, your body must be burned — or you become one of them.
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Letting one wall down before her. ]
Maester Luwin — he served our house long and well — taught us of the Long Night. But even Northern children who have never seen a true winter will be reluctant to believe in what seem little more than bedtime stories. The Night King is a legend thousands of years old, and a legend he remained to us.
[ Here, Robb frowns down at his hands, thinking back to an ominous conversation he'd had with Jon. ]
To all but my brother Jon. He joined the Night's Watch at Castle Black... ventured north of the Wall. He set eyes upon the Night King, and his army of the dead.
[ Peering quietly up at Daenerys. ]
They were men, once, Your Grace. So Jon witnessed. Men who died, and became something... other. He says that now, if you die near the Wall, your body must be burned — or you become one of them.