You'll help her by being there. Don't force her to talk, just... be you. Be there for her, whatever she wants to do. Even if it's to be alone for a while.
Jon, this was not your fault. Did you do something to provoke the kidnapping? Did you know it would happen?
No. You didn't. And no one else could protect anyone else, either. Will you blame me, or Father, or Ser Jamie for not protecting Claire? Or Lord Renly for not protecting Loras?
I know you won't, and that means you shouldn't blame yourself, either.
She was kidnapped because of her association to me, because she travels between Wyver and Olympia. They thought she knew something and tortured her for that information.
I can't speak for the rest. I know this was related to me, because I am in the guards and my position here.
I should have suspected something, I should have known the new recruits weren't who they seemed.
[She's right though and he knows that. But guilt was a powerful thing, and while he didn't have the Stark name, he carried the Stark sense of burden.]
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[She'd understand that at least. The sort of feeling that would leave.]
I don't know how else to help her.
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You'll help her by being there. Don't force her to talk, just... be you. Be there for her, whatever she wants to do. Even if it's to be alone for a while.
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No. You didn't. And no one else could protect anyone else, either. Will you blame me, or Father, or Ser Jamie for not protecting Claire? Or Lord Renly for not protecting Loras?
I know you won't, and that means you shouldn't blame yourself, either.
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I can't speak for the rest. I know this was related to me, because I am in the guards and my position here.
I should have suspected something, I should have known the new recruits weren't who they seemed.
[She's right though and he knows that. But guilt was a powerful thing, and while he didn't have the Stark name, he carried the Stark sense of burden.]