when and where, I’ll be there

[wolfchild]

Um... [ how do I rabbit ] Hello?

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Arya ... Nan

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[She's contacting him! Does that mean whatever the castle did to her has stopped? He's hopeful when he speaks, but wise enough to filter to both of them, just in case]

I'm here.

SOMETHING RABBIT SOMETHING FOREVER

[wolfchild]

It worked. [ The words are a tiny relieved gasp. She pokes the page. ]

How are you sure no one else can see?

girl who doesn't know who she is forever

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Course it did.

I promise, no one else can see. It's the way the journals work.

[wolfchild]

Can-can you come? I'm in the same room as last time.

[ She cannot say it is hers. Not when it so clearly belongs to someone else. ]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I'll be right there.

[And he will, the hole will open in the floor an our he jumps]

Hello, little Brumby.

[wolfchild]

[ …nope still can't with giant rabbit. but at least she doesn't try to claw up a wall this time.

nymeria is off with grey wind somewhere. she's still not comfortable with the direwolves despite repeated assurances.

after her initial surprise, nan attempts a smile. ]

You don't have a little rabbit?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[His smile fades, for a moment, before he puts it back on]

No, just lots of children to look after instead.

[wolfchild]

Don't they have parents?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Some of them do, but I protect them anyway. I protect all the children, it's my duty.

[wolfchild]

So you're not really my bannerman.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well you...you're special. You're my favourite. So I am, in a way.

[wolfchild]

[ She considers him quietly. Carefully, she says: ] I'm not the princess, you know. I can't pretend to be her either.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[He hates the castle for this, but he knows it will be easier to play into this fantasy the castle has built for her to fight it]

I won't ask you to pretend to be.

[wolfchild]

Then how can I be your favorite when you don't know me?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...You just need to trust me on that one. [He's sure whatever lie he can come up with to cover the truth will be rejected]

[wolfchild]

Fine. [ She accepts it easily. Far easier than Arya would have. ]

What's your name?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[He smiles a little, settling on his haunches]

Name's Bunnymund.

[wolfchild]

How'd you learn to talk?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I cold always talk, I'm not a rabbit, I'm a pooka. My people came from another world.

[wolfchild]

From across the sea?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Even further than that.

[wolfchild]

There's nothing further than that.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

There is. There are whole worlds, worlds you've never even dreamt of.

[wolfchild]

No, there aren't.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Can you be sure of that? Have you travelled past your world?