He thought of his first meeting with Arya, when a few of the younger boys had ganged up on her. He'd stepped in then. A few other times as well. But on the whole...

"Sometimes, I did. She did her own bit of protecting me as well."

She was never as good with a sword as she liked to think she was. But on the whole, she was more a survivor than he ever was. Even before he'd heard about her marriage, he'd never ever once thought that she might be dead. She was too wily for that.