[ He sounds absolutely miserable as he allows Jon to lead him fair out of the earshot of others. Many people have assured him that the apparition isn’t really there, that it will cause him no harm, but fear was never the issue. It’s everything that the creature that used to be Robb represents: Theon’s treachery, his mistakes, all the things he could have done to change things but never did. Robb didn’t die by Theon’s hand, but Theon and his choices played their part all the same. ]
But he’s a trick of my mind. I should be able to make him leave. I shouldn’t—
[ Again, he chokes on his words. Theon has been worn thin, and the walls he’s built up have begun to crumble. He can’t mask his emotions now, but he isn’t blind to the fact that this apparition affects Jon as well. ]
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[ He sounds absolutely miserable as he allows Jon to lead him fair out of the earshot of others. Many people have assured him that the apparition isn’t really there, that it will cause him no harm, but fear was never the issue. It’s everything that the creature that used to be Robb represents: Theon’s treachery, his mistakes, all the things he could have done to change things but never did. Robb didn’t die by Theon’s hand, but Theon and his choices played their part all the same. ]
But he’s a trick of my mind. I should be able to make him leave. I shouldn’t—
[ Again, he chokes on his words. Theon has been worn thin, and the walls he’s built up have begun to crumble. He can’t mask his emotions now, but he isn’t blind to the fact that this apparition affects Jon as well. ]
We shouldn’t need to see him this way.