Robb? Aye, he was killed. Of the six of us children, there’s only me and my sister left. And she isn’t here.

[How does he know I’m honorable? Jon thinks. But that had been why he had been willing to take on a group of bullying boys, hadn’t it? It was the right thing to do.]

It’s kind of you to say so. The Northmen made me their king because we need a leader. We have enemies, north and south of us. We will have to fight in winter and then fight when spring comes again, whenever that is.

When you have these boots to fill, when you want someone to be proud of you, you do what you can. You do as well as you can. Like you would for your father and your friend.