The youngest of Lord Steffon’s three sons had grown into a man bold but heedless, who acted from impulse rather than calculation. In that, as in so much else, Renly was like his brother Robert, and utterly unlike Stannis.
“What good is learning to fight with oars? They will not help me defeat an attacker. They will not teach me to wield a proper weapon. I can learn no more from pieces of wood alone!” she argued.
"I am apologetic, but the concept behind it is that you’ve got the arm to fight, and in the least, you know how to wield a weapon now. I mean, you would not simply throw a child into the river from Mirkwood to teach them how to swim, no? All in due time.“