We're going up there, " she told them. "To the Keep. Your first instinct will be to protect me, I know-"" Here it comes, " Dyer muttered" But do me a favor and protect each other. Understand, Dyer?""Yes, Lady, yes! Because that's what I signed up for: to guard other guards while I leave the Queen to her own devices. Erika Johansen
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We're going up there," she told them. "To the Keep. Your first instinct will be to protect me, I know-""Here it comes," Dyer muttered"But do me a favor and protect each other. Understand, Dyer?""Yes, Lady, yes! Because that's what I signed up for: to guard other guards while I leave the Queen to her own devices." These were the words of a guard at the wall.

He had been a guard at the wall for a very long time, and he had been at his post long before any of them had been born. As if this wasn't enough responsibility for one person, he also felt responsible for those who would follow after him as his successors. He was not wrong in thinking that their first instinct would be to protect him, but he was wrong in thinking they could not protect each other as well.

The Queen was gone. Nobody was going to be looking out for her anymore. No one was going to protect her from herself or from those who wanted to hurt her.

The question was no longer whether or not they could protect each other-it was whether or not they would do so willingly and without reservation.

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