Truly. Lord Varys and I did our jobs and did them well, but we were not friends of the Lannisters. Cersei once ordered my death simply as a display of power. And with her disdain for both myself and Lord Varys came Ser Jaime's, as I'm certain you are aware the two of them were...close.
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I betrayed them as well. [ A quiet confession. ] As the war waged on in the seven kingdoms, I found myself by the side of Sansa Stark. A bright young woman and kind young woman, I'm certain you'll agree. I had married her aunt and together, we had taken her under our protection. It's no secret that I had harbored fondness for her mother, and out of my own personal loyalties to Cat, I felt I owed it to her memory to keep Sansa safe. When her aunt Lysa took her own life, that duty fell upon my shoulders alone. I came to view Sansa as the daughter I never had.
And so, I devised a plan for her to reclaim Winterfell. It wasn't without its faults, but in the end, we were able to unseat Ramsay Bolton and defeat the Lannister allies who held Sansa's home. There, I declared my loyalties to House Stark.
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I betrayed them as well. [ A quiet confession. ] As the war waged on in the seven kingdoms, I found myself by the side of Sansa Stark. A bright young woman and kind young woman, I'm certain you'll agree. I had married her aunt and together, we had taken her under our protection. It's no secret that I had harbored fondness for her mother, and out of my own personal loyalties to Cat, I felt I owed it to her memory to keep Sansa safe. When her aunt Lysa took her own life, that duty fell upon my shoulders alone. I came to view Sansa as the daughter I never had.
And so, I devised a plan for her to reclaim Winterfell. It wasn't without its faults, but in the end, we were able to unseat Ramsay Bolton and defeat the Lannister allies who held Sansa's home. There, I declared my loyalties to House Stark.