[L has news about the portals. He will wait for an opportune time, since Sansa is still in the process of pulling him back from the tether that means to consume him. It seems to be growing weaker; its hold on him is not as fierce, and it seems to be fading away.

Something actually going his way, this month? Absurd, yet welcome.]

Yes, that... I do know. People can be very badly hurt by their families.

[It's the middle ground, of affectionate damage, that he struggles to grasp, but he's really trying.

When she mentions the Night Walkers and gives some explanation as to what they are, he stiffens.]

There are many reasons to wish for this particular necromancy teacher not to know, I'd think... but that's hardly the least of them.