Nor was he Aemon Targaryen. Three times the old man had chosen, and three times he had chosen honor, but that was him. Even now, Jon could not decide whether the maester had stayed because he was weak and craven, or because he was strong and true.

“How can I do my duty if I do not know where it lies?”

“He closed his third eye and opened the other two, the old two, the blind two.”

“Now I understand why King Stannis let the wildlings through the Wall. He means …”

“The Bear and the Maiden FairA bear there was, a bear, a bear!All black and brow…”