Bran falls back a couple steps, shaking his head and rubbing his cheek, but makes no aggressive moves toward Patveer, nor says anything further. In fact, he's smiling.<em>That was actually fun,</em>he thinks.<em>Like a jump I wasn't sure I could make. Next time'll be harder, he'll be expecting it, armored really. Maybe I can get one of the others to step in for me? No, then he won't talk to them either and we could all use whatever info he can dig up.</em><br/><br/>As he watches Patveer try to antagonize Norm, understanding of Percy's granddaughter's explanation drops into place.<em>Right, so his gun's empty and he's too insecure to walk around with no ammo. Maybe I can use </em>that<em> against him…</em>