Edmund always finds her, after the fighting is over, after Susan has run from her siblings' endless questions and arguments (she never did before, not in any other world), after she seeks refuge in the garden, tucked away under the trees, hidden by the hedges, pillowed on the grass, the one place she can still find peace.

He doesn't speak at first, just drops down beside her and gazes up at the sky for what feels like an eternity, before he takes her hand in his and squeezes tight. "It's all right, you know," he tells her, and Susan wonders how he can be so certain, before he adds, "our story is not over."