"Sometimes those we have close are not who we can trust," Sansa says softly. "You think that you know someone but it turns out that they are the one you should have protected yourself against. It is something I have learned over and over and to my ruin. The hand that wields the knife isn't always your enemy."

Sansa thinks she has eliminated these people from her life, though, and she knows that there is no dissent in House Stark itself. She can trust her family. She has limited trust for people here, too, and even for Chris who seems so eager to give himself over to her in protection even if he does not understand her.

"Did you complete your mission and save your family? Did you take the knife for one of them?"