[the laugh is concerning, but it's also a symptom. treatable. the spite sounds familiar. sansa can't help her mouth tugging to one side.

if he can't kill gideon, if gideon can kill him, that's very useful. but corruption is very good at telling people the lies they want to believe. just like sansa. she recognizes its intrusion and frowns.]

You don't have your sword.

[gideon is a swordswoman, sansa knows that. perhaps she could appeal to gideon's pride; it would probably work on her brothers. but perhaps not.]

How do you mean to put him down, then, if Mariana couldn't? It would be very unfair if The Reckoning were to kill you for killing him, and then he came back and you didn't.

[sansa's not sure the reckoning understands things like 'justifiable homicide.']