I was rather preoccupied with an uprising going on in the North. [He's bitter as he thinks about it, unable to keep the anger from his voice.

Oh, he'd heard about the dragon queen, but what did he care about that while Jon fucking Snow and his wife were running around the Northern lords trying to to raise an army against him.] I'd only starting hearing rumours that you were coming to our shores when they overthrew me and fed me to the dogs.