I do not say alone. There will be others with me. I've no wish to die, for grief does not suit the Lady Lucrezia and I'd not be the cause of hers any more than I would yours.

[ be a king, not a brother, he tells himself. it's easier said than done. ]

But you must see the sense, Lord Commander, in staying behind upon the Wall in this instance. You've knowledge no other aboard possess, and I'd entrust our last brother to no other hands but yours.