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[leftwithmybones]

This could be a very, very bad idea. Still, Bran's interested and it'll give Jim someone to talk about space with who won't freak out and have a panic attack at the memory. It's why he shows up to Bran's next appointment with an extra body in tow, with the hope that he can sit at the back and make sure Bran continues the stretches right.

"Remember," he says pointedly to Jim, giving him two prodded fingers in his side. "He's young and he's interested in space. That's no reason you get to brainwash him with space glory. Behave," he says, hoping that Jim understands the message between the lines -- that Bran's from a different world and a different time and their personal relationship doesn't have to be the main event, here.

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[leftwithmybones]

McCoy watches him cautiously, hoping that all this talk about space and the expansive nature of the world isn't going to get Bran overexcited. "Don't see the big fuss," he admits from his seat. "Sure, space is huge. Eternal and unending, but it's not like it's much to look at when you're in the thick of it. Now, when you're on the ground and looking up...that's something else."

[chasedthestars]

"Space has many virtues," Jim is quick to interject, "and that Wall sounds huge. It must have taken forever to make. Stars are like that, too, except they're even bigger, and they take millions of years to form."

[summerchild]

"Except what are the stars?" The exercises he was meant to be doing have been forgotten as Bran looks at them intently. "If they're not monsters' eyes that spy on you or dead kings or all the other things. What are they when they're places?"

[leftwithmybones]

McCoy gestures with a hand, shooting Jim a bemused look. "I'm gonna let you take this one. I'm a doctor, not an astrophysicist. To me, stars are just pretty balls of gas in the sky."