[ He reaffirms his purpose to himself, and she smiles faintly. She knows the practice well: she has long had to do the same, when failure or death stared her full in the face.

But her own affirmations had grown weaker and more meek, the more miserable she became, and in their wake had come something that should have frightened her. She does not tell him that, wishing for him to succeed. ]

You can. You will. [ He does not say so, Dany knows, but something in him professes to need people to shoulder him up when he falters. And yet, here he has largely uprighted himself. ] There was no need for me to remind you of your strength. Your own convictions know what it is you must do, and here they have found you again.

[ He is stronger than he knows. ]