I do not care about a man sitting comfortably in a castle while a young girl must be safely escorted through the wilderlands, where orcs and other foul creatures would as soon ruin her as eat her in the doing.

[ Kings of men can be noble, yes, but rarely do they actively wind up swinging a sword unless their line is of Númenórean descent. Somehow, he doubts this Renly is. ]

You are the one I am asking to do this, you are the one I wish to place my faith in. Your experience with actual threats will be greater by the time you return, more so than those playing at soldiers in a bailey.