It's a proper sky. We've only one moon. Some days the sky is cloudy and you can't see anything; some days you can see a million stars.
Maester Luwin taught us them. There's twelve houses of heaven and their rulers. The Faith has the seven wanderers too. Then there's the Ice Dragon, the Shadowcat, the Moonmaid and the Sword in the Morning and all the others.
We'd stay up all night in the godswood to see them, Bran and me and Maester Luwin. One time, Maester Luwin had to go for a moment; I can't remember why. Bran climbed the heart tree and I hid in the hot pool in front of it. We scared him so bad when he came back.
[ She smiles at the memory. ]
He asked us if we were proper little lord and lady. We told him we're wolves. He laughed at that. Said we're proper Starks.
Come morning, we stayed in the godswood to sleep. Bran slept in the branches. He could climb anything, Bran could. Even asleep. We slept right through the first summer snows of the year. By the time we were up, almost all of it had melted in the courtyard. Couldn't make a single snowball. [ The face she makes illustrates what she thought of that turnaround. ]
In winter, after the storms, the sky is supposed to be the clearest and most beautiful one you'll ever see. [ She fans her arms open as if encompassing the sky. ] I've not seen a winter yet, but Father says so. [ The slip in verb tense goes unnoticed. ]
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Maester Luwin taught us them. There's twelve houses of heaven and their rulers. The Faith has the seven wanderers too. Then there's the Ice Dragon, the Shadowcat, the Moonmaid and the Sword in the Morning and all the others.
We'd stay up all night in the godswood to see them, Bran and me and Maester Luwin. One time, Maester Luwin had to go for a moment; I can't remember why. Bran climbed the heart tree and I hid in the hot pool in front of it. We scared him so bad when he came back.
[ She smiles at the memory. ]
He asked us if we were proper little lord and lady. We told him we're wolves. He laughed at that. Said we're proper Starks.
Come morning, we stayed in the godswood to sleep. Bran slept in the branches. He could climb anything, Bran could. Even asleep. We slept right through the first summer snows of the year. By the time we were up, almost all of it had melted in the courtyard. Couldn't make a single snowball. [ The face she makes illustrates what she thought of that turnaround. ]
In winter, after the storms, the sky is supposed to be the clearest and most beautiful one you'll ever see. [ She fans her arms open as if encompassing the sky. ] I've not seen a winter yet, but Father says so. [ The slip in verb tense goes unnoticed. ]