The hug he gives her in return is as tight as the one he'd given her when she first showed up at Castle Black, even though this time it hasn't been years since he's seen her. He's glad to see her, regardless.

"Perhaps you don't need to worry so much about 'unbecoming.'" His time among the wildlings had showed him a different way of life, and also a different view. Only for those who care so much about their image does it matter what side of the sheets one was born on -- and even though he knows now that he a trueborn son, it doesn't erase the years he spent being known as the Bastard of Winterfell.

"At any rate, I won't tell anyone about it."