"And I them," Ned replies, voice sweet and bright. He gestures with his head for Jon to lead the way, intending to follow. "While we walk," he begins, "Will you tell me of what life has been like for you?" Something happy, something joyous, if there's anything of the sort to be had. Surely it can't all have been devastation and betrayal. "Were you still a man of the Night's Watch?"