"Ned always treated me well. I got the same education as the rest of his children." It slips out, even though he's not really one of Ned's children. He still thinks of them as his siblings, and Ned as his father. He'd been treated as one of Ned's children by most of the household, by Ned's orders. Except for Lady Stark. She had made it clear that she saw him as imposition.

"Yes. We will have a meal. But first, you must meet Ghost." He indicates the direwolf standing nearby.