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| - Assure Lord Stark that he will have my support, whatever path he chooses.
- Ask Lord Stark why he hesitates to serve the king.
- "Thank you," Lord Stark says. "Were I to become the Hand, my decision would effect all who swear fealty to me. I will not make such a move lightly."
- Kirth finds Lord Stark kneeling in the godswood of Winterfell. "I have no choice," he says. "With Jon Arryn dead, I am to become the king's Hand."
- Offer your sympathies for Jon Arryn and Lord Stark's difficult decision.
- Remind him that his family and personal power will benefit from his service to the crown.
- "If I become Hand, Robert will take me south... to the nest of adders," Stark says, gazing up at the crimson-leafed weirwood.
- Encourage Stark to accept the great honor of serving the king, no matter the sacrifice.
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