"I had more than one duty. Sometimes -- sometimes you cannot satisfy both. It was hard to -- I know it's hard, wondering if there was anything you might have done."

Words are hard too, just now, and it is not the only time he has had to offer her condolences these last few moons. It isn't just Missandei, it's Ser Jorah, and those Dothraki and Unsullied who fell: she mourns them all.

And the city will fall, but now it will fall for Missandei as much as anyone else. Will that be enough?