"I had just redeemed myself in Bran's eyes. And I tried to kill the Night King. But he killed me instead. And I still do not know if I distracted him long enough to safe Bran..." He figured the reason why he felt things was because he needed to feel them as part of his redemption process. "I died a hero."
"You are the best thing that happened to me. I know that. You and our daughter. I need to feel the pain of my decisions back in Westeros though. To keep me from making the same mistakes over and over again."