"Letting go is not my strongest suit," Sansa admits. "You hold onto your pain for so long that it becomes hard as ice and twice as difficult to melt. The only way to truly be at peace is to let yourself feel once more and know that it is safe to do so, that harm will not come to you. It is something I must think about every day."

Sansa isn't certain if she can ever let go of her pain no matter how much she wishes to but she does find it a bit easier here in this place where she matters little to anyone else. She is no queen, no noblewoman, no Stark. She is simply Sansa without expectation.

"Eventually, though, all ice must thaw. That is the way of things. I am trying to thaw each and every day."