[ For a time, Theon had been terrified and enraged with the concept of Ramsay waking. He swore to kill him on sight. It was something he even discussed with Jon Snow and John Watson, as well as his sister. Needless to say, he never quite reached that point. Sad that it should be his own family he’s grown more worried about. ]

It doesn't matter what you think of him. I disobeyed his orders. He sent Asha to retrieve me, and I rebuked her. If he should wake, he would think…poorly of me.

[ Poorly is a gentle word. Theon doesn’t know what his father might do if he should ever wake, but it won’t be good. Westeros may be no more, but the Greyjoy name still exists, and it’s important to Theon. Balon could strip him of it just as easily as an old cloak. After all, just as soon as he was out of sight, he barely existed to his father. ]