"The good deed does not wash out the bad, is what he told me. Then he knighted me and landed me. Later, Stannis made me his Hand because I always gave him honest advice, instead telling whatever he wanted to hear. I had seven sons from my wife, four of which perished in the battle of Blackwater Bay. My wife has already died and I've no desire to return, only to burden my sons back at home with Tommen on the throne. In my final years, I'd rather follow someone I like. Someone like you. You have always tried to be fair and just and do the right thing, and it even got you killed. Just like you declined legitimization and wardenship of Winterfell and marriage to the wildling princess Val because you felt you were needed by the watch, even though half of them wanted you dead." Sansa took a sharp, deep breath and eyed Jon who simply shrugged sheepishly. But the old knight's next words only raised more questions in her head.