He only kills when it benefits him, or if that's the result of the game he's playing at the time. [ she breathes out. ] He kept my little brother as a hostage. Before Jon and I took an army to his doorstep and challenged him, before the battle, he let Rickon go, to try and run across the field. He shot arrows at him — a game to see whether he could hit him before he made it to Jon, before he was too far away for the arrows to reach.
[ By wants to ask whether he succeeded, out of sheer morbid curiosity - but no. If the answer is no, it doesn't reduce the man's brutality in the least. And if the answer is yes, then Sansa oughtn't have to say that word aloud. ]
He hasn't moved against you, though. Not directly. Now or before. Why?
[ she realizes how strange this sounds, and so hastens to clarify, ] I'm his wife. He wants to own me, not kill me. Hurting me when I can walk away from him isn't winning, not to him.
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[ she may hate Ramsay, but she knows him. ]
He's a master in the game he plays.
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He only kills when it benefits him, or if that's the result of the game he's playing at the time. [ she breathes out. ] He kept my little brother as a hostage. Before Jon and I took an army to his doorstep and challenged him, before the battle, he let Rickon go, to try and run across the field. He shot arrows at him — a game to see whether he could hit him before he made it to Jon, before he was too far away for the arrows to reach.
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He hasn't moved against you, though. Not directly. Now or before. Why?
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[ she realizes how strange this sounds, and so hastens to clarify, ] I'm his wife. He wants to own me, not kill me. Hurting me when I can walk away from him isn't winning, not to him.
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I've known the type.
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[ to have known anyone like Ramsay is a tragedy in and of itself. ]
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