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.
But you are, and do you not see why that makes you more valuable than I?
[ and that's the first time robb's put it so plainly, the worth of his life. for all his crown, his banners, the title he's clutched to with white knuckles, robb's talents are useless here. ]
Do you think that value comes with how far you can go into the ship? Strider and I went, and found nothing - nothing - and yet others go and find madness and death. Do you think I will let you chance that you may find something that none of your banners cannot save you from?
I have failed you once, and I'll not do it again.
[He can't lose another sibling, not here, not when he has him back, not when he knows what awaits in Westeros]
My being a ranger means I will not sit idle and let you go without me.
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[ 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.
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I should have been by your side before and I will be by your side now. I entrust this to no bannermen.
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But there are none of these things, and the only brothers I have I will not see harmed by the confines of a ship we understand not.
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[ and that's the first time robb's put it so plainly, the worth of his life. for all his crown, his banners, the title he's clutched to with white knuckles, robb's talents are useless here. ]
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I have failed you once, and I'll not do it again.
[He can't lose another sibling, not here, not when he has him back, not when he knows what awaits in Westeros]
My being a ranger means I will not sit idle and let you go without me.
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