The day was spent in play with his siblings, Lyanna insisted on playing Lady in Tower, but Ben was the lady, Bran and Ned were monsters guarding the tower, and Lya the Knight who would rescue the lady. It was great fun and Ned finally felt like the child he is after months of doing an adults work. He would cherish it.

After that days supper Father informed Bran and Ned that they will learn Warging from Berek in the morning before breaking their fasts for an hour every day .

Next morning they once again found themselves near gates to Godswood and Derek waiting for them .

" You have arrived on time, good, to the Heart Tree, my lords," Berek said in a chipper tone .

Once they reached the Heart tree, he spread four mats , three side by side and one directly infront. " Please be seated my lords, we will here for a while, sit comfortably" ,and quickly followed his own words .

" Now, Warging is an art of the mind, to be a successful Warg one has to be in control of their own mind first before they can control another mind, for that one needs to learn meditation, a Warg needs to find balance with in himself and Weirwoods make it so that even a novice can easily find peace, I am sure you have already observed but presence of Weirwood soothes the mind, unburdens you when you are in emotional turmoil, a Warg needs to find this peace at a moments notice, even if they are not in presence of Weirwood, a bond between a Warg and his familiar is a two way street, feelings, thoughts and instincts are freely shared between the two. So it is a necessary skill for a Warg to be able to identify whether feelings and instincts he experiences are his own, and not his Familiars. And another benefit of meditation is this, it improves memory, and memory is very important to make any use of Greendreams, what use are prophetic visions if you forget them on waking up. I recommend that you three keep journals to record your dreams. And keep those journals from falling in to wrong hands, knowledge of even a possible future is dangerous. Meditation helps in interpretation of dreams too, as they are very often metaphorical in nature. So meditation is a very very necessary skill for a Warg. Next, how does a Warg choose Familiars, most Wargs including those who live Beyond the Wall just choose an animal which can assist in battle or something to scout with or whatever is convenient and batter those animal minds in to submission, yes, this method works but it also has greater risks, the animal may lie submissive for a while, but if it ever sensed laxity in control it will fight against the bond and escape and may even hurt the Warg in the process. And these forceful bonds often cause excessive bleedover of personality. The stories you heard of Wargs behaving like their bonded animals comes from these cases, when a Warg has to forcefully control his bonded they spend excessive mental and magical energy and they have to continuously concentrate to keep them in control. There are some exceptions to this but we will speak of them later. But the method I will be teaching is superior to it, and it is quiet simple too. You just bond with your choosen familiar while it's still young and before it forms its own personality, but even this method has its drawbacks, if a Warg is too forceful with the creature and try to directly control it when it's too young they risk completely destroying the young creatures mind, such creatures become mindless puppets, when the Warg is not controlling it completely, it becomes unable to function, and controlling a familiar every minute is more taxing than fighting the creatures will. So if a Warg bonds with an young creature he must never slip into its skin and control it before it reaches maturity. If Warg can't take direct control of the creature without risking it's mind, how is he to prevent the creature from breaking the bond and escaping the Warg when it reaches maturity? To that question there is a rather easy answer, you train the Familiar, remember, I said a bond exists between Warg and Familiar which allows for sharing of feelings and instincts, that bond is greatest training tool there is. After meditation comes Visualisation, if you learn to clear your mind, you will be able to quickly identify the bond, once you identify it you can visualise and send your intentions to your Familiar, as it is a young creature it will recognise you as its protector and follow your instructions, that way you will train it, as you do this during the day, during sleep your unconscious mind will automatically pull upon the bond and you will start experiencing world through your Familiar in the form of dreams, during these dreams you will not be in control, but these dreams are a good thing, they help your Familiar become accustomed to sharing their mind with you and help you to see and experience the World through your Familiars perspective without being overwhelmed when you take direct control. As it is obvious Lord Eddard and Lord Brandons first Familiars are going to the direwolf pups born yesterday and Lord Rickards is going to be the mother wolf ,you three better master meditation as soon as possible. Lord Rickard when I said there are exceptions to the difficulties faced when trying to bond with and control a fully grown creature there are two I know of , first are Ravens, ravens are exceptionally easy to bond with and control even they are fully grown , I do not know why, second, sometimes a Warg and a Creature are particularly predisposed towards each other, when they meet they reach out towards each other instinctively, whether it is due to similar personalities or any other estoreic reasons I do not know, but they fit, there would never be a need to forcing of will, I believe you and the mother wolf are the second case, you can slip in to her skin easily and she won't fight you. But she will be the only case this happens, if you want to take another familiar you will have to go the same way your sons will. Now any questions?"

To that they all shook their heads.

" Good. Now close your eyes, take a deep breath and release it slowly, only focus on your breathing, yes there will be other thoughts, acknowledge them, but don't pursue them. After awhile there will be only a clear mind and peace, you won't be able to hold on to it for long, but getting a glimpse of it would be enough for your first day."

So their first training session is spent in meditation.