[about Ygritte] What was she like?
She...she had red hair.
[sarcastically] Oh? How big were her feet?
What do you want me to say?
I want you to tell me what it was like to have someone, to be with someone, to love someone and have them love you back. We're all gonna die a lot sooner than I planned. You're the closest I'll ever get to knowing.
So you and Gilly never...?
No. She just had a baby. And she never offered.
But if she had, you would have? You would have broken your vows?
The interesting thing is our vows never specifically forbid intimate relations with women.
What?
"I shall take no wife." Yes, that's in there, there's no denying that. "I shall father no children." It's very specific. But what our vows have to say about other activities is open to interpretation.
I don't think Ser Alliser cares much for interpretation.
Anyway, there's nothing for him to interpret. We didn't. So what's it like?
It's...there's this person, this whole other person, and you're wrapped in them, they're wrapped up in you, and...you...for a little...for a little while you're more than just you, you're...well, I don't know, I'm not a bleeding poet!
No, you're really not.
And what did I get for it? An arrow six inches from my heart.
There'll be arrows for all of us soon, I imagine.
There will.
They've already done the worst thing to me they can ever do.
Go get some sleep, Sam. I'll take this watch.
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