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Apr. 20th, 2007 09:38 pm[An hour or two after this:]
Bran has found a plain chamber on the ground floor of the castle, with a window that faces a long descending hillside and then the wide blueness of the sea. He rests his hands on the cool stone of the wall, but otherwise he stands straight, unthinkingly regal, as he thinks through the speech he must give this evening.
A white and gold scabbard, holding the crystal sword Eirias, is belted to Bran's trousers.
When the Summer Country murmurs into his mind that someone has entered the land, Bran startles, but he realises it is Moiraine and relaxes almost at once.
Bran has found a plain chamber on the ground floor of the castle, with a window that faces a long descending hillside and then the wide blueness of the sea. He rests his hands on the cool stone of the wall, but otherwise he stands straight, unthinkingly regal, as he thinks through the speech he must give this evening.
A white and gold scabbard, holding the crystal sword Eirias, is belted to Bran's trousers.
When the Summer Country murmurs into his mind that someone has entered the land, Bran startles, but he realises it is Moiraine and relaxes almost at once.
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Date: 2007-04-29 06:13 am (UTC)"I did not say it was not your choice to make, Bran-- although there are some few whose choices are more constrained by the Pattern than others, as it weaves around them. But I am certain that there is a reason for it, all the same."
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Date: 2007-05-02 03:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-02 05:21 am (UTC)There is no sign of her racing thoughts visible in her outward composure.
"This change-- although unexpected, as you have said-- is something of a strength, where strength is greatly needed."
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Date: 2007-05-02 05:47 am (UTC)He shivers, fighting off sudden exhaustion. It occurs to Bran, belatedly, that he hasn't slept in more than a day, and since yesterday morning he encountered a wolf, planned defences for the Castle, and removed Eirias from its resting place.
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Date: 2007-05-02 06:16 am (UTC)"And the more so, I think, if you do not rest now," Moiraine informs him. "Can you do so unaided?"
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Date: 2007-05-02 06:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-02 06:28 am (UTC)It is a clear answer, as it happens. Clear enough. Quietly, Moiraine adds,
"Light illumine and protect you, Bran. Rest. I shall do what I may here, then seek answers where they might be found."
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Date: 2007-05-02 06:31 am (UTC)