[He hesitates over whether or not to say this next thing.]

I was looking forward to seeing it, and seeing them. My journey — I was born somewhere down south, don’t know where. But since then, I’ve never left the North.

It’s the other reason why I went to Everest. To see some of this world. No dragons there, but —

[He shrugs, half-humorously. Maybe that would be expecting too much.

As to the false pretenses of his journey, there’s nothing either of them can do for that just now.]

When we took back Winterfell — that was complicated.