[ ah. will telling him this much be safe? allowed? or will it do her conscience well enough to warn him who walks these lands with him, thereby saving him the surprise. thereby perhaps absolving herself of having let him take such a long long fall for a crime that was somehow more hers than it ever was his.

and so it's guilt and not misplaced affection that brings names to her lips: ]Currently? I have brothers, my lord. Three of them, missing only the youngest. And my sister. Two bannermen from the North, as well. Lord Renly and his sweet Lady Margaery -- [ she let him make of that what he will. sansa will keep that secret, certainly. ] And you must know Ser Loras.

[ but she saves the most strategic for last. partially because tyrion is a lannister. partially because she needs her lord husband to know that she has more than just brothers protecting her. more than brothers and walls. ] And a lesser known knight. Ser Gendry Waters.

[ she does not normally introduce him by his bastard name. today, she does it because it suits her purposes. ]