He concedes that: “Maybe I had a right, by then. I was a king — still a bastard, but a king.” He has always walked a fine line, exercising his own authority without, he thought, too much presumption about its limits... except in the matter of Winterfell.

“As to the rest of it....” He’s not completely sure why she’s asking, but he tries to give her an answer nonetheless. “You’re not, any more than I’m Lord Stark. But I think I would love you if you turned up in rags with no shoes on your feet.”