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ROBERT Oh, you won’t have time for hunting. You’ll be too busy wrangling the snakes that call themselves my court.
The king laughs, throws his heavy arm across Ned’s shoulders, and leads him towards the horses.
At the other end of the courtyard, Bran watches the hunting party mount their horses. He wants very badly to go with them, but he’s too young. About fifty yards to his right, he sees Jon Snow sullenly watching the hunting party as well. Jon has been left behind himself, for different reasons.
Bran tries to wave to him, but Jon sulks off without seeing him. Bran sighs, his mood sinking further.
But he hears a small growling at his feet. He looks down to see his wolf pup-- as yet unnamed-- jerking his head back and forth, with Bran’s pant leg clamped between his jaws. Finally, Bran smiles.
BRAN Come on, you.
He runs off. His wolf bounds after him.
EXT. WINTERFELL - FIRST KEEP - MORNING
With his wolf at his heels, Bran runs toward the First Keep, the oldest part of the castle.
He reaches the squat round tower and looks up. The Keep has been deserted for years; its crown has begun to crumble, and moss grows between the stones. High above, it is festooned with gargoyles leaning blindly over empty space.
Bran turns to the pup.
BRAN Lie down. Now stay .
The wolf does as he is told. Bran scratches him behind the ears, then finds a handhold in the keep wall and begins to climb, moving from stone to stone quickly and instinctively.
When Bran is about ten feet up, his wolf rises to his feet and begins to howl. Bran looks down.
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