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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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[unfulfilledpotential]

[He whispers this, like it's a huge secret:] Sometimes, I do too. Cory's just that great - but you know what?

I think you already are, kiddo. Any half-decent guy could see it.

[summerschild]

[He flushes at the ears, but still frowns.]

You don't know that. They all left me.

[unfulfilledpotential]

[O-oh. He frowns, the blood rising to his face because okay, his family sucked. But they abandoned a kid? One even younger than he was?]

It doesn't mean you're any less good. You know what it means? It means they need to think about what they did, because no one should abandon their family for no good--

[Deep breath and oh. Oh he definitely said that out loud.]

Sorry, kid. I don't think your family leaving's got anything to do with being good or bad.

[summerschild]

[Shawn's reaction puts Bran's thoughts more in order, and he looks down at his feet. He isn't being fair to them. They never would have gone off if the matters hadn't been pressing, and if they hadn't expected to return. They never...]

... They had a good reason. None of them knew that they wouldn't be back.

[unfulfilledpotential]

["That's what they always say." Shawn's projecting a little and he knows it, which is why he narrows his eyes and tries not to say anything immediately.]

I'm sure they did. [Deep breath...] Look, kid - you've got a name, right? I'm Shawn, but look. Your family doesn't define you. You define you.