Even with all the formalities done , Lords who attended the funeral stayed another seven days , to discuss matters of state of The North , the heirs who came with those Lords were in turn busy making friends with Brandon , in rare circumstances with him . But Lya and Ben were mostly ignored by everyone , even Father , who seemed to be trying to bury his grief under work .
So Eddard took upon the duty of caring for them . When he was done with sparring yard , he took them with him everywhere he went . To Godswood , to library ,to his lessons , they slept in his rooms every night , sometimes even Brandon joined .
Even with all of this he didn't forget about the research he was doing before his mother's passing. He promised he would protect his pack and he would , and a strong North does in turn make for a stronger House Stark . So he dug in to the books , asked questions of Maester , consulted his Father for clarifications and two months after Mother's passing and one month before his scheduled departure from North to Eeyrie he had a few ideas and few tentative proposals to his Lord Father .
And tonight after evening meal he would ask his Lord Father for a private meeting .