[No, she doesn't understand. She's not sure she wants to. She shakes her head.]
I got you to come back. [With some tears and sobs, but that's beside the point.] If I'd been here, been here sooner...
[Who knows. He should have never been tortured into Reek, never should have crawled under that rock here, even if it had only been minutes. Claire starts to run her hands through her hair, but one catches, and so she abandons the motion entirely. She needs a shower and food and sleep but she knows none of those things are happening anytime soon.
She presses her lips together before speaking more firmly.]
Reek is never better than Theon. And that is the last time I will ever say that name. You are capable, and you have survived everything pushed upon you thus far. Sansa told me you saved her. That may not have been this you, but it was Theon that did it.
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I got you to come back. [With some tears and sobs, but that's beside the point.] If I'd been here, been here sooner...
[Who knows. He should have never been tortured into Reek, never should have crawled under that rock here, even if it had only been minutes. Claire starts to run her hands through her hair, but one catches, and so she abandons the motion entirely. She needs a shower and food and sleep but she knows none of those things are happening anytime soon.
She presses her lips together before speaking more firmly.]
Reek is never better than Theon. And that is the last time I will ever say that name. You are capable, and you have survived everything pushed upon you thus far. Sansa told me you saved her. That may not have been this you, but it was Theon that did it.