"This is one crash course in wilderness survival that doesn't mess around, you can say that for sure." And instead of a simple pass/fail, the stakes were the highest they could be-- life or die.

Jess hadn't failed to notice the irony in the fact that Wolfe exiling him to the High Garda had ultimately done him a favor. The Garda's grueling survival training was paying off for him now, having given him a foundation to build off of.

Even with all the previous training in the world, though, keeping one's morale up wasn't an easy task for anyone as the weeks continued to roll by without change; that Margaery was holding herself together with a stiff upper lip was, Jess thought, a testimony to her character.

"I'm sure she'd appreciate hearing that. Have you mentioned the spinning wheel to her? She might know a little something about it."