Direwolves. Bigger than wolves. Smarter too, I'd reckon. I think they truly understood what you said to them.

[Claire was never their master, but they listened to her to an extent by virtue of her closeness to Jon and Sansa. She assumes they went back to stasis along with their owners. Or if they haven't, that they're out enjoying themselves in the wilderness somewhere.]

I'm not sorry about that. I think we have plenty of excitement around here.

[Who doesn't want to live with a walking mess?]