@SweetStagEyes He's about to make another clever remark when he glanced back again. His grin falters at the expression on her face, and he -

@SweetStagEyes - finds he isn't certain if the blank look on her face is one of hopelessness or if she's truly close to losing -

@SweetStagEyes - consciousness. He has to keep talking, he decides. She can't pass out before they reach Winterfell. "You might marry into -

@SweetStagEyes - the house of a landed knight," he suggests with a shrug. "The daughter of a king would be a pretty prize for someone of -

@SweetStagEyes - that station, even if she was a bastard. And if that happens, you'll need to be practiced in...womanly pursuits, or -

@SweetStagEyes - whatever you call needlepoint and poetry." He can see the towers of Winterfell past the trees now. "Bastard you might be, -

@SweetStagEyes - but there are a thousand whores and farmer's wives and scullery maids who would give their right hands to be the bastard -

@SweetStagEyes - of a king." A bastard is a bastard, but a recognized noble bastard has a better life than most, especially when she's a -

@SweetStagEyes - woman whose tainted surname might be washed away through marriage.

The Glorious War (#GreyjoyRebellion Preview Solo) Read: tl.gd/n_1so55pf

@SweetStagEyes He rolls his eyes. "A landed knight isn't a lord, he's just a glorified knight with a castle. Now mind your tongue or I'll -

@SweetStagEyes - cut it off and say the bandits took it, and you won't be able to tell anyone any the better." As they reach the edge of -

@SweetStagEyes - the woods, Theon feels some relief. They're almost back, which means he'll soon be able to dump his mildly concussed -

@SweetStagEyes - companion with Maester Luwin and wipe his hands of the whole event.

@SweetStagEyes As they pass through the gates, Theon snaps at Alebelly. "Send for the Maester, the girl was attacked in the wood." The -

@SweetStagEyes - guard hurries off, and the ever-chivalrous Theon helps Rose off the horse, lest she lose her balance. Once she's on the -

@SweetStagEyes - ground, he turns, disinterested, and begins walking the palfrey back to the stables.

[Picks up c. and carries her around like a sack of potatoes.]

On the Kingsroad (Starter for c.) Read: tl.gd/n_1so6sg6

#FF c. [Swaddles protectively.]