[Jon has no idea what to make of that. He blurts out:] Why not? [before he can think twice about it. He doesn't understand the depth of the assumed name, how far down it goes. But lies can do that to anybody, if told enough. He'd pretended at being an oathbreaker, and then he broke his oath under Ygritte's furs. He might not have changed his name, but he'd been changed in the end, when he flew back to Castle Black half a wolf and half a wildling.
He scarcely knows if it's an insult or not. That Alayne is nothing like him. But who would want to be like him, he wonders? His only friend is a crow who will eat his eyes out of his head when he dies.
He's the Lord Commander who opened up the gates and let the enemy march through.] It's nothing to be proud of. My brothers were fools. [The words come out clumsy and half-mumbled, he's just so profoundly uncomfortable with the terror in her voice. He wants to chase it out, but he doesn't know how.]
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He scarcely knows if it's an insult or not. That Alayne is nothing like him. But who would want to be like him, he wonders? His only friend is a crow who will eat his eyes out of his head when he dies.
He's the Lord Commander who opened up the gates and let the enemy march through.] It's nothing to be proud of. My brothers were fools. [The words come out clumsy and half-mumbled, he's just so profoundly uncomfortable with the terror in her voice. He wants to chase it out, but he doesn't know how.]