"Would it help if I took my shirt off? Then it would be skin on skin. I hear that's what they do in the North country to conserve heat." It's a lie, mostly to get Loras to smile.

Renly knows how much Loras loves Wyver, how happy he'd been there. Building his life, building his business. He'd even gotten Renly to take on a job. Things were going well. And then -- this.