"Vipers like to nest where it's warm," Sansa says. "I have known my fair share of them. I never wish that upon someone else, though, because no one should have to live their life looking over their shoulder waiting for the knife to stab them in the back."

Westeros is like that, in her experience, and while some people are more subtle than others even the subtle knife cuts deep. Sansa thinks she's rooted out all such corruption from the North but time will tell.

"You are here now and we cannot do anything about our situations at home. It is both a relief and a vex at the same time. I feel as if I have left so many things undone."