"But it don't actually make you any safer. You could have told them what you really thought and had a dozen armored fools coming to rescue you."

But instead, no one was coming. This was what surprised him the most. They had an elf king, only half interested in their fate, who might meet them halfway. Ser Loras might ride out to meet them. But there was no rescue. Not even for Lady Sansa Stark. He reckoned that was jut the way of it. This was where the Starks stood now.