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[ Tommy's looking a little worse for wear right now, sitting up on one of the beds in the medbay and carefully angling the camera so it mostly just shows his face and not the stuff that's still healing up from his adventure the other night. There might be kids watching, okay?

He's also sounding a little extra terse. ]

In the medbay. Fine, but I'll probably be here another day. If you were wondering. Object fu-- [ cover your ears kids!! ] frigging lesson in why we should be sticking to a buddy system on this ship.

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Watch your backs. There's something out there that ain't a demon.

[ ooc: between being sore and embarrassed, tommy's not in a great mood, so responses may be briefer and grumpier than usual. feel free to hit him up on his log. ]

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[ Tommy doesn't want to think it was one of theirs, and he's made sure to say so to anyone who suggested it, but yeah the questions then really is what other wolves are there?

Nonetheless, his mouth twitches in a brief, ironic smile. ]

Couple of 'em.

[These bites must not be severe--or else some of the magic of this place allows for him to be healed faster. Still, Bran feels a little twinge of concern.]

There are many methods of healing here. Perhaps someone will be able to help you. [A little pause, and he adds:] Was it a very large wolf?

[Werewolves, he thinks, that's the only other wolves. There is one that he knows. Could there be others?]

[ Or else Tommy just likes to pretend he's not feeling as bad as he does. But even then, he's healing up faster than he'd have thought. Just like when his arm was busted the day he arrived. ]

Big, yeah. Haven't seen a lot of wolves before, but it was bigger than I thought they'd get.

It was not one of ours, ser. Direwolves are large, but--we would know.

[He says it firmly, if quietly. It was not, and Tommy Conlon must know that for certain, in case there is a doubt in his mind.]

[ All Tommy knows about the direwolves is what Bran and Alayne have mentioned on the network and the occasional howl in the background when Alayne is talking, but it's good to have the reassurance. ]

Figured you'd've noticed if one of them went missing.

[He nods, just to further back up that statement--though there is some relief that Tommy Conlon was quick to agree.]

They do not attack, unless it is to defend, or unless ordered. They would not attack you. They are direwolves, but they listen well enough. [And sometimes it does not seem so much like listening as it does knowing, but Bran does not say that. He takes a moment to consider instead.] They could help to find the wolf that did hurt you.

[ Sounds like surprisingly well-trained animals, actually. Tommy quirks an eyebrow at that last part specifically. ]

Smell 'im out, you mean?

They are capable hunters. Summer especially, because he is older. It might be difficult to make them understand, but we could try. [He looks down at his hands as he says this, as he struggles to decide the wisdom of this offer. It would be a help, but walking as Summer--] And if worked, we would know what threat there was.

[ It's not a bad plan. The only part Tommy's not sure about is... ]

Could get them hurt. [ And did that promise he'd made to Alayne and Robb cover protecting the pets too? ]

[Again, he shakes his head, this time with a small smile.]

Summer would not be harmed. He's-- clever. And direwolves are very strong.

This guy wasn't a pushover. [ Vaguely concerned eyebrows. ] Would you need something for him to smell first?

[ Since that's how dogs tracking people always works on TV, and that's literally Tommy's only point of reference here. ]

[He hesitates for a beat. Summer knows, that is how hunting usually works, as if there is some unseen line tugging him on toward prey. Or that's the way it seems to Bran when he tries to think wolf thoughts in his boy's head, where scents do not translate to tracks.

He nods.]

I think it would be of a help to him. If it was a beast, Summer will find it easily. He is skilled at the hunt, and he has never been injured. I can send him to you. [And then, as another reassurance:] He will not harm you.

[ Tommy believes Bran when he says that it wasn't Summer who attacked him but part of Tommy is still glad to have the chance to verify it with his own eyes. If that's a fringe benefit to finding this other wolf, then that's even better. ]

Not sure how much I still smell like 'im, but you can send yours over, and we'll see.

[He nods again. Summer will find the wolf, though he keeps that only as a thought in his mind; he does not say it aloud. His faith in Summer has never gone without reward, but this ship is full of tricks, and might play them both false.]

I will send him now. [Alone, for it will be swifter that way, though he leaves that unsaid, too.]

Sure. I ain't going anywhere. [ He says it matter-of-factly, but there's a little bit of Tommy's mind that's wondering about that phrasing: "I will send him." He'd been assuming that Bran would be coming along just because how else would a wolf find it's way to the medbay? ]

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[video]um do you want to action here or go to the log or assume that Summer showed up or WHATEVER 8)

[video] i am unhelpfully easy! let's action thread it here or we can talk it out on plurk instead!