A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms BECOMES doing many things right to revive George RR Martin’s source material. From sticking to the pace and tone of the original novels to sometimes lifting direct lines of dialogue from them, so far it can be argued. the most honest on A Song of Ice and Fire adaptations we’ve gotten on TV so far. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t occasionally miss pulling a few important lines… even if their omission is actually an accident on the show’s part.

When the latest episode in the series, “Seven”, sets the stage for Dunk’s trial by combat against Aerion Targaryen, fans are expecting a small, but special moment from the first Dunk and Egg novella, the Hedge Knightto go to the TV—to find it gone.

In the original novel, before the scrap begins (and Dunk knows he’s found some champions to join him in the Trial of the Seven), Dunk is visited by various commoners who leave him tributes, leading the bewildered hedge knight to ask the blacksmith Steely Pate, “What am I to them?” only for Pate to simply reply, “A knight who remembers his vows.”

It’s one of the novella’s pivotal moments, a reminder that Westeros still believes in the just cause of knighthood, and that Dunk perfectly embodies those ideals—despite the either or not he was actually knighted by Ser Arlan before his death or any machinations at play among the Targaryens who visited Ashford Meadow for the tournament. The support of Dunk’s common people, even before he finds himself with some unlikely allies for the trial, tells the audience and Dunk both have some noble good in a world that has often sold it for politicking and deception.

But that’s not it A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms chose not to include exchange in its adaptation. It’s even more obvious that it forgot to prevent it from being scrapped.

“Honestly, it was a mistake on my part. Not my first and not my last on this show,” admitted showrunner Ira Parker during the a Reddit AMA this week when asked about missing the opportunity. “That scene was in the script at one point, then fell through.”

But to save a little face, Parker defended that, even though the line itself was accidentally cut from the script, its spirit still carried on throughout the show. “I agree that ‘a knight who remembers his vows’ is the soul of this story, but I think that’s still the core of the show, even if I’d be stupid not to have this scene,” Parker continued. “It’s not clearly stated, but Dunk’s actions remain the same.”

Considering how good the rest of the show is in terms of portability The Hedge Knight in life, perhaps we can forgive Parker for making a mistake.

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