[ There is silence for a moment. For a man that had spent years denying his involvement, even to himself, the constant reminder of Melisandre's magic was a slap to the face. Still...

It is only kinslaying if the man swings the sword on an innocent. (And he will not think of how close he might have come to doing so to Edric Storm)

Regardless, the punishment for treason had been death, all men knew that. It did not matter if that man had been a brother or a stranger. If he did not follow the letter of the law, then who would?

He fought for the realm. Could Ser Jaime Lannister ever say the same thing? ]

Despite what Ser Loras would say, my hands were clean. Still, a traitor to the realm would have had to eventually meet his death, though it pains me to say it.

[ For he knew himself to be many things, but unlike the Kingslayer, he was not a cruel man. ]