[He swallows, listening the recounting of that tale. There's a twist of guilt in his stomach. He should have been there, should have helped made sure they made it to safety. But instead he was possibly one of the exact things they had been running from. If not him, than someone else he had brought down to such a fate]

[Also Arya next time you are banned from sacrificing yourself over the wolf, my goddess]

...You were wise to run. Wise to hide up here too, forest's more dangerous these days.

[a pause before he speaks, simply because this might just sound too good to be true, so she wouldn't believe him]

Arya's been traveling with me, we crossed paths a few days back.