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Yet under the frail cage of those shattered ribs, his chest rose and fell with each shallow breath.
但是在那身支離破碎的骨架下，他的胸膛正隨著輕淺急促的呼吸韻律有致地起伏。
“Bran,” he said, “I’m sorry I didn’t come before. I was afraid.” He could feel the tears rolling down his cheeks. Jon no longer cared. “Don’t die, Bran. Please. We’re all waiting for you to wake up. Me and Robb and the girls, everyone...”
"布蘭，"他說，"原諒我到現在才來看你，因為我好怕。"他只覺得淚水流下臉頰，但他再也不在乎了。"布蘭，求求你不要死，我和羅柏、還有妹妹她們，大家都在等你醒來……"
Lady Stark was watching. She had not raised a cry. Jon took that for acceptance. Outside the window, the direwolf howled again. The wolf that Bran had not had time to name.
史塔克夫人在一旁冷眼旁觀，瓊恩見她沒有傳喚守衛，猜想她應是默許了。窗外又傳來冰原狼的悲吼，布蘭一直沒為那只小狼找到適當的名字。
“I have to go now,” Jon said. “Uncle Benjen is waiting. I’m to go north to the Wall. We have to leave today, before the snows come.” He remembered how excited Bran had been at the prospect of the journey. It was more than he could bear, the thought of leaving him behind like this. Jon brushed away his tears, leaned over, and kissed his brother lightly on the lips.
"我得走了。"瓊恩道，"班揚叔叔還在等呢，我們即刻啟程前往北方。趁大雪還沒降下，我們得趕緊動身。"他還記得布蘭是多么迫不及待要出門遠行，想到要把傷成這樣的弟弟拋在這里，他更傷心欲絕。瓊恩擦去眼淚，湊過去俯身輕吻弟弟的雙唇。
“I wanted him to stay here with me,” Lady Stark said softly.
"我只是希望他能留下來跟我作伴。"史塔克夫人輕聲道。
Jon watched her, wary. She was not even looking at him. She was talking to him, but for a part of her, it was as though he were not even in the room.
瓊恩滿懷戒心地看著她，卻發現她的視線根本不在他身上，她看似在對他說話，實際心不在焉，仿佛旁若無人。
“I prayed for it,” she said dully. “He was my special boy. I went to the sept and prayed seven times to the seven faces of god that Ned would change his mind and leave him here with me. Sometimes prayers are answered.”
"我日夜祈禱，"她呆滯地說，"他是我的心肝寶貝。我在圣堂對著諸神的七面祈禱了七次，祈禱奈德會回心轉意，讓布蘭留下來陪我。也許是諸神實現了我的愿望。"
背景介紹：
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