If men had followed him, he might not have died. Or a great many more men might have died when it came to a fight between his followers and the Dothraki.
[What he doesn’t say is that if Viserys had given up the idea of trying to take his throne back, it might have gone better for him. Daenerys has carried that ambition forward, and Jon supports her in it, and... well, he can’t think of what else Viserys might have done with his life, a life where he might as well have been a bastard, for all the good his name did him. There is no Wall in Essos, and even if there were, what could have been done with Daenerys? All Jon can think of is that she would have been given to the Faith.
With no choice in the matter, that’s another form of slavery.]
Pride doesn’t always serve a man. I learned that when I joined the Watch. I was too proud.
It’s better to learn.
[He isn’t sure whether her brother had had the chance to learn, or if it was that he hadn’t wanted to.]
But it’s hard for me to understand why he would have treated you that way, to really understand it, when I would have done anything for my brothers and sisters.
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[What he doesn’t say is that if Viserys had given up the idea of trying to take his throne back, it might have gone better for him. Daenerys has carried that ambition forward, and Jon supports her in it, and... well, he can’t think of what else Viserys might have done with his life, a life where he might as well have been a bastard, for all the good his name did him. There is no Wall in Essos, and even if there were, what could have been done with Daenerys? All Jon can think of is that she would have been given to the Faith.
With no choice in the matter, that’s another form of slavery.]
Pride doesn’t always serve a man. I learned that when I joined the Watch. I was too proud.
It’s better to learn.
[He isn’t sure whether her brother had had the chance to learn, or if it was that he hadn’t wanted to.]
But it’s hard for me to understand why he would have treated you that way, to really understand it, when I would have done anything for my brothers and sisters.