It's the way things are. Life is an ugly thing sometimes, especially when you're a member of a Great House who went traitor. I believe my family did what they thought was honorable. They simply didn't consider the political climate before they did it.

( Sansa sighs a bit and closes her eyes, utterly relaxed with the way he's combing his fingers through her hair. She loves these soft touches like this, the currency of affection between a couple that she's never been privy to before. )

I'm steel now. I won't break.