"Maybe. But that would have been wrong and I was raised better than that." He says and then barely conceals a wince. Vesemir's gonna kill him for bringing an outsider to the keep, and one with such an outlandish need. But what else can he do? Leave Steph to bumble around the wilderness until something ate her or a pack of men found her and did far worse? Fuck no. He'd let people get hurt by his inaction before, he wouldn't do so again.