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Yeah, I couldn't think of a proper answer for this one. I have a few characters in SoJ:Red Wolf that give encouragement here and there, but no one is exceptionally "pep-talky." I didn't get those as a kid either, so my characters usually support each other, at least. 

 @a3976b27 @ce78dee8 Typically in my stories I write found families & the encourager role is shared. In other books, it's my MC who needs encouragement and finds it where she can. This is the one book where a character is basically a family founder.