[Or, well. he knows what it is to still want to keep the secret of the truth. The ship might be welcoming, in its way, and its people good and kind--but a secret can be hard to confess, when you are so used to keeping it quiet--and there might yet be danger. That feeling is hard to shake, too.
And Bran knows, too, what it is to consider others in what you confess to and what you do not. He would not endanger Arya or Robb or Jon, or his mother. He looks down at Summer, as he considers what Scott has said, and smooths his direwolf's ear between his thumb and forefinger, gently.]
A secret is not so easy to tell. But I thank you, for trusting me enough to tell me. [He hesitates, then, a moment, but asks--] Have you always been so?
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[Or, well. he knows what it is to still want to keep the secret of the truth. The ship might be welcoming, in its way, and its people good and kind--but a secret can be hard to confess, when you are so used to keeping it quiet--and there might yet be danger. That feeling is hard to shake, too.
And Bran knows, too, what it is to consider others in what you confess to and what you do not. He would not endanger Arya or Robb or Jon, or his mother. He looks down at Summer, as he considers what Scott has said, and smooths his direwolf's ear between his thumb and forefinger, gently.]
A secret is not so easy to tell. But I thank you, for trusting me enough to tell me. [He hesitates, then, a moment, but asks--] Have you always been so?