You keep a direwolf like Lady Alayne and Lord Bran, then? [ Pause. ] Or 'tis it an insult to say that you keep him as one would a pet, and he is your friend instead?
You are fortunate, my Lord. A wolf's loyalty is difficult to earn. [ He has only known bears - the Beorn. And the wargs, but they are rare wolf-like. ]
[ A pause. He's putting two and two together- ]
Your name- your situation is like Lady Alayne's, then?
[ He hears it, the blip, and it puzzles him. Is Alayne not claimed by Petyr Baelish, who resides on the ship also? He claims her to be his daughter, and Aragorn has little reason to disbelieve him.
Then- ]
Thus one of the blood of the First Men is resigned to only rise as high as a merchant or a trader. [ There's irony in his voice. ] Names mean little; 'tis blood that carries a heavier weight.
[ Except- except for his father, named after the first Arathorn- and who died just as early. So early that Aragorn had never known him. ]
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Strider.
Yes, of course.
voice;
Will you accompany me?
voice;
Yes, of course.
[There is a note of brightness in his voice. This is the perfect distraction]
voice;
[ A beat. ] Will tomorrow's morn do you well?
voice;
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You are not afraid of wolves, I hope.
voice;
You keep a direwolf like Lady Alayne and Lord Bran, then? [ Pause. ] Or 'tis it an insult to say that you keep him as one would a pet, and he is your friend instead?
voice;
[Pause]
But I would say he is more my brother than my family
voice;
[ A pause. He's putting two and two together- ]
Your name- your situation is like Lady Alayne's, then?
voice;
[Jon is a warg, but he doesn't know that.]
Yes. The baseborn children of the North are known as Snow.
voice;
[ ... Different wargs. Tolkien wargs carries the Nazguls upon their backs, and look like fierce, long-nosed hyenas. ]
The blood of Lord Stark flows in you still, does it not? [ Pauses, a sigh. ] I do not understand this law of your land.
voice;
[A pause]
Alayne and I may not inherit name or rank or title, but may inherit wealth, if our fathers-
[There's a blip when he says the 's']
choose it.
voice;
Then- ]
Thus one of the blood of the First Men is resigned to only rise as high as a merchant or a trader. [ There's irony in his voice. ] Names mean little; 'tis blood that carries a heavier weight.
[ Except- except for his father, named after the first Arathorn- and who died just as early. So early that Aragorn had never known him. ]
voice;
[He's quiet for a moment]
Once, I think, names meant less. North of the Wall it means nothing.
voice;
Do those of the further North carry their father's name alongside their own?
[ ... He means surnames. ]
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A culture of wild men indeed.
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'Tis the cold that keeps them away?
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