he was who he was; jon snow, b a s t a r d  and  o a t h b r e a k e r ,  m o t h e r l e s s ,  f r i e n d l e s s , and  d a m n e d . for the rest of his life — however long that might be — he would be condemned to be an  o u t s i d e r , the  s i l e n t  m a n  s t a n d i n g  i n  t h e  s h a d o w s  w h o  d a r e s  n o t  s p e a k  h i s  t r u e  n a m e .