"You - You met her back home? Before you'd arrived here?" He presses the tip of his tongue to the back of his teeth, the familiar gurgling in his gut at the thought of the importance of vows, the weight of words sworn in oaths, and the promises made to his fellow man. But - at hearing the latter statement - Ned flattens his lips and furrows his brows. "For a time? Has happiness eluded you now?"