Jaime would have been content to walk with Ned in silence. It would be easier that way not to say something Lyanna would dislike when she heard about it later. It was Ned who struck up the conversation as they walked to Lyanna's room.
"What is her name, your daughter?" Ned asked of the dark haired girl that Jaime carried.
"Johanna." He said.
"She looks very much like Lyanna." Ned said.
"She has green eyes." Jaime said, pointing out that there was at least a little of him in his daughter. "And she's good with a sword." He added with a grin.
"You let your daughter play with swords?" Ned was quite horrified.
"Only practice swords of course." He said but Ned still seemed unhappy about that.
"Perhaps things are different in Braavos." Ned said, trying to be polite.
"Not as different as you might think." Jaime said, remembering Belaro's initial disapproval when Jaime and Lyanna had allowed Johanna to play with a wooden sword. He had accepted it after a time.
"Then why allow it?" Ned asked. "Why not teach your daughter to be a lady?"
"Because if the Targaryens manage to take my head, I won't be around to defend her. She needs to learn to use a sword. I'll not leave her defenseless." Jaime told him.
Ned only nodded. He had not liked Jaime's answer but it was an answer he could respect.
"Are we there yet Father?" Johanna had woken to the sound of her father and uncle speaking.
"We are." He told her.
"When do I get to ride a horse by myself?...mother promised…" The child was saying.
"You still will, tomorrow." Jaime told her.
If he wasn't mistaken, Jaime thought he saw the smallest hint of a smile on Ned's face at what he had just heard. Johanna was already asleep again by the time they reached Lyanna's room. Jaime placed her on the bed, kissed her on the forehead, and turned to say goodnight to his host. Ned was standing in the doorway looking at them with an odd expression.
"I had thought that if I ever saw you again I would turn you over to Rhaella and her children for justice." Ned said sadly. "It would be the right thing to do. But I have already soiled my honor once for Lyanna and I will do it again for her and for this child of hers. I will see to it that no one knows you are here."
Jaime was stunned. "Thank you." He managed to say. Ned nodded and left him for the night.