We held them off.
For one night.
This is a great victory!
Great victory? Mance was testing our defenses. He almost made it through. And, he has more giants, he has more mammoths; he has a thousand times as many men. They'll hit us again tonight. Maybe we can hold them off for a day or two, but we'll never beat them.
Where are you going?
I'm going to find Mance.
To fi- you can't do that! No one gave you any orders!
Who's left to give orders? The Wildling army is only an army because of Mance. He united a hundred warring tribes. Without Mance, they lose their leader, they lose their purpose, they go back to fighting each other, scatter back to their homes.
Without Mance. You goin' to kill him?
I'm gonna try.
They'll never let you within a hundred yards of him! And even if they did, even if you managed to kill him...
They'll kill me. But if I don't go, they'll kill me anyway. They'll kill the rest of us, too.
They won't just kill you. They'll boil you, they'll... flay you, they'll make it last days!
You're right. It's a bad plan. What's your plan? [they find the last giant dead, surrounded by the bodies of Grenn and the other five Watchmen] They held the Gate. Get some brothers down here to help you. We need to burn the bodies. Raise the outer gate, then lower it again as soon as I'm out.
[notices Jon unbuckling Longclaw from his belt] What're you doing?
I promised Mormont I'd never lose it again. [hands the sword to Sam] In case I don't come back.
Jon? Come back. [Jon gives him a sad smile and walks out beyond the Wall]
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