[ Rickon nods - he's tired, and no matter how comforting (and confusing) it has been to see his previously dead father, he wants to see his mother, too - and wordlessly reaches for Ned's hand. ]
[Ned takes Rickon's hand in his much larger one. He would like nothing more to take Rickon back with him, to make their family complete. It is where he belongs, with his family, in this new home they have made.]
[ This is the point in the thread where Demi simultaneously cries tears of joy and locks herself in a tower to eat her own hands in order to prevent immediate apping at Scorched. ]
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[ The dragon'll be like another one of the direwolves. Scared at first, then fond, then completely and totally bonded! ]
[ Okay, a side order of bonded, that is. Shaggydog will forever top in that bonded department. ]
Can we go now?
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[At the question, Ned nods his head.]
I see no reason why we cannot.
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[ I mean, what? ]
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