I ' m down with all of this except for the second bullet point . After the rape , Ashara probably went to Ned for comfort and Barristan was salty for wishing it had been him . Turning and dancing are equated a lot in the series , but I think it ' s a stretch in this sentence . Otherwise , this is pretty legit . It does explain the Kingsguard ' s shift to Rhaegar or just any heir they can place on the throne that they can puppet towards sanityJon . They wouldn ' t have to support Rhaegar to support the baby in the tower . Also , I forgot how much of a dick Ned is about vows . It explains why he engaged in unnecessary violence at the tower . <| sep |> I was camping in mammoth California we went outside for a drunken smoke break and were approached by a big black bear . He pretty much ignored us as he sniffed the trash cans that were 5 feet away from us but still it was terrifying regardless . My buddy and I kinda just sat there frozen , then proceeded to run inside like scared school girls as soon as he started walking away .