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[summerschild]

Who: Bran Stark and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Dusty Moon
When: 9/23

[Just a short broadcast, as this tiny wolf child makes some Serious Contemplations...]

What do you... What makes a person good, do you think? Is it something they can control?

[He can be found out by the stables, getting as close to the horses as he can in his chair, without rolling over their feet. He wishes so hard that he could just climb up and ride one - almost as much as he wishes he could shift into his wolf's skin, and run with the strange fox-dogs out in the desert sand. Today is not a very happy day.]

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[xenoscientist]

[Hello, Bran. Mordin doesn't really waste any time browsing the network, and this one intrigues him.]

Goodness not quantifiable by scientific means. Emotional, ethical, spiritual. Differing cultures define differently.

[He inhales, bringing a hand to his mouth, thinking.]

Cultural norms important, define one's world outlook. Goodness defined there, largely. Good for some, evil for others.

[summerschild]

[Bran listens, apt. Forgive him for staring at bit at the feed.]

... What are cultural norms?

[xenoscientist]

What is acceptable, unacceptable. Example- humans value bravery, boldness, compassion. Ergo, "good" human kind but brave.

[He waves a hand a little.]

Salarians different, value knowledge, innovation. Good salarian problem solver.

[He gets stared at for less, Bran, it's okay.]

"Goodness" is social construct, dictated by culture.

[summerschild]

A "salarian" is what you are, then?

[He's trying to follow the strange speech patterns.]

[xenoscientist]

[He smiles, closing his eyes, pleased, and nods.]

I am. Know many humans, familiar with other races, as well.

[summerschild]

[Coooool...]

I haven't heard of very many. We only have men now, though there used to be more in ancient times.

[xenoscientist]

Humans only, curious. Not unlike Earth. Other flora, fauna? What other races in past?

[summerschild]

[He's not sure what flora and fauna or Earth mean, but he latches onto the last question.]

There were the giants, and the Others, and the Children of the Forest. But none of them have been seen in thousands of years.

[xenoscientist]

Insufficient data, I see. Culture primitive, world name?

[summerschild]

[Culture primitive? Rude alien. Bran wrinkles his brow.]

It's called Westeros.