I’m surprised Melisandre didn’t speak of them to you. She sees defeating them as her purpose, her god’s purpose. She’s told me often enough.
[He sets his salad down, reaches into the bag he brought, and pulls out the two bottles, wrapped in a cloth.]
There’s so much glass here. They seem so rich, compared to where we come from.
[He opens one bottle and offers it to her.
Anyway:]
I don’t only seek to save the North. I seek to save everyone. The North is only the front line. Do you understand what happens, when people fall to this army? They join its ranks.
[The further it goes, the larger it gets. If it overwhelms Northern resistance, it will be that much bigger.]
But beyond that, you know I have no way to prove it to you here.
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[He sets his salad down, reaches into the bag he brought, and pulls out the two bottles, wrapped in a cloth.]
There’s so much glass here. They seem so rich, compared to where we come from.
[He opens one bottle and offers it to her.
Anyway:]
I don’t only seek to save the North. I seek to save everyone. The North is only the front line. Do you understand what happens, when people fall to this army? They join its ranks.
[The further it goes, the larger it gets. If it overwhelms Northern resistance, it will be that much bigger.]
But beyond that, you know I have no way to prove it to you here.