Susan entered the front room of their latest hiding place and was immediately accosted by her siblings.
“Is it true? Did you find it?” Edmund demanded, his fingers gripping her shoulders tightly and his eyes almost feverish. Behind him, Peter and Lucy looked nearly as desperate to know the answer, and Susan could not blame them.
She nodded, but before they could get too excited she told them the bad news.
“Sadly, it is surrounded by a small horde of zombies. I could not sneak past them, nor take them on my own.”
At this, Edmund fell back, a look of utter devastation on his face. Peter sadly shook his head, and Lucy looked close to tears. But Susan still wasn’t finished.
“That said,” she continued, and they immediately perked up: “We might be able to take them together, if we bring the big guns.”
She looked at each of them in turn: “The question is, are we willing to risk it?”
They exchanged looks, no words needing to be said, until they all came to the same conclusion:
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“Is it true? Did you find it?” Edmund demanded, his fingers gripping her shoulders tightly and his eyes almost feverish. Behind him, Peter and Lucy looked nearly as desperate to know the answer, and Susan could not blame them.
She nodded, but before they could get too excited she told them the bad news.
“Sadly, it is surrounded by a small horde of zombies. I could not sneak past them, nor take them on my own.”
At this, Edmund fell back, a look of utter devastation on his face. Peter sadly shook his head, and Lucy looked close to tears. But Susan still wasn’t finished.
“That said,” she continued, and they immediately perked up: “We might be able to take them together, if we bring the big guns.”
She looked at each of them in turn: “The question is, are we willing to risk it?”
They exchanged looks, no words needing to be said, until they all came to the same conclusion:
Anything was worth the rich treasure of coffee.