Game of Thrones star Kit Harington rehashes Jon Snow’s choices in the season 2 finale and looks ahead to what might happen in season 3. Beware of mild spoilers.

Speaking to TV Guide, Harington says of the confrontation with Qhorin Halfhand:

I think Jon’s soul is kind of ripped out from doing that. Killing a faceless wildling beyond The Wall is one thing, but killing your teacher, your commander, this notorious hero of the Night’s Watch, to know that you have to go with the wildlings and pretend to be something you’re not, to pretend to be a traitor when you’re not is hard. It was the biggest mistake he makes in his life. It’s that guilt, it’s that horrible feeling that sits in his stomach from then on I think, which leads him to do good later.

On his relationship with Ygritte, Harington says:

It’s the longest time since he’s spoken to a woman his age. And now he’s forced to be with one a good period of time. She just talks and talks and talks at him. He’s forced to interact with the opposite sex, and he’s terrible at it! But you see him kind of like Ygritte in this season. You see him warm to her. So if he’s going into enemy camp to meet Mance Rayder and go and try to convince them he’s a wildling, he’s going to need some support there. I think you may see a friendship grow between these two.

Are you excited to see where Jon’s story goes next season?