Chris Ryan

Don't ever believe any different.

So, you know,

The Hound, for all of his flaws, et cetera, et cetera, had this very cynical, clear-eyed view of what is knighthood and Sansa the Dreamer, right?

And so that, speaking for George in terms of George's ideas of, like, George who loves Ivanhoe, but George who also wants to paint a very real picture of the brutal nature of this, like, feudal system that he is covering.

Right.

And I just, I don't know.

I think it's so interesting.

Like last week, I was just Jamie and Bran, Jamie and Bran, Jamie and Bran.

And that is constantly what we think about Bran specifically when we think about Sir Duncan the Tall.

But The Hound just kept coming up for me in this.

And I have more moments that it made me think about.

But I just think it's interesting to think about everything that George has said across his many works about...

and his direction towards it.

And also thinking about the Hound and Arya on the road and thinking about Brandon Pott on the road and these like, you know, Iroh cited the Hound and Arya as sort of like these kinds of duos that he wanted to pursue.

His brother's a knight, and he's like, in the house, like, not me.

If that's a knight, I don't want it.

What does it mean to care for someone?

Right.

And so to watch him.

And to take them into your life.