He came to terms a long time ago with what "Snow" means. He never liked it, but at least he accepted what it means for him. And like he'd had pointed out to him, he'd had a better upbringing even as bastard of one of the great Houses than most trueborn children of smallfolk could have hoped for.

"It wasn't that many months ago." And before she asks: "There's less than a year between us in age."