"gentle golden waltz through life" YES that is exactly the tone i was going for

it's not TRUE that he's no longer a friend of Narnia, but she's too hardened here to really understand how he can turn away from the past to embrace the future. and it's really a kindness for this Susan to be in Aslan's country because she's had about all she can handle.

gosh, it's such a cynical and bitter fic, and I don't necessarily think this would happen if Susan had been High Queen, but uh, wow I'm very cynical and bitter lately