These days magic mostly consists of hand motions and words to trick the universe itself into being what you say it is, elegant but not quite real – failing that, a touch of propaganda always does the trick.

And then the older magic – blood will have blood – all the savage ritual reserved for traitors and Gods who should have died long ago; messy yes, but necessary to keep the seasons changing, or to keep them from changing.

But do not quote the old magic, because something far more ancient formed the bones of this land – the Lion breathed love, and that was Narnia.