I bought Christmas presents online . I ' ve saved my the past 5 years by giving out baked goods and homemade soaps and knitted things . I figured it was getting a bit old to keep doing that and it ' s usually stressful to finish everything in time , so I decided to take a break this year and spend some money . <| sep |> He knew the voice well enough . At least of the seven of them , he ' s the most tolerable . Stannis thought to himself . The Whitecloak greeted him kindly enough though , and Stannis knew he had to at least attempt to be polite to the knight . Ser Marq , Stannis greeted plain faced I wasn ' t aware the Kingsguard would be present and actually attending . He added on . He stood there silently as Ser Marq spoke about the last war . He grunted a quiet Hmm . after Marq had finished . Only doing what was required of me , Ser Marq . And it was the men of the Order and the other defenders of King ' s Landing who fought on despite the odds . They are the ones who should be remembered for their valour . Stannis said before sighing . Instead they will remember your former Lord Commander and his . antics . The Dulltower nearly killed us all . No , what they will remember are the actions of my cousins , Prince Beron and Lord Alyn . Them and Ser Garlan . Yes . A speech that cost him his life if you ask me . He challenged the Targaryen to a duel with a long winded speech , one that gave that crossbowman time to load his bow , if you ask me .