"But you're his lady. I can't go back with both of you gone. I can't."

I've lost three Lords. I won't lose my Lady, too. You can't make me do that. He knew this might be the death of him. He didn't want to die. But even he, just a boy, had some ounce of honor to consider. And a squire who outlives three of his lords without being old enough to be a knight was little more than a craven.