“So I don’t normally suggest this,” Jonathan tells the young, dark haired girl before him, “but you could go for a bit of a statement, something dramatic- you are a literal queen after all.”
The girl, Susan, or Queen Susan now, looks at him with apprehension but also curiosity, which Jonathan takes as a good sign.
“What kind of statement?”
Jonathan smiles widely and feels his stomach flutter with excitement.
“I’m not sure dresses fit me all that well,” the young girl in front of him tells him, biting her lip nervously, “at least not the really big and fancy ones, I just think it would be hard to move around in. Maybe you should save that for Susan.”
Yes, the older girl; Tan is already quite excited to start on her wardrobe, and all of their wardrobes really- it’s not every day you get to dress royalty after all.
But first this one.
“Don’t worry darling,” he says, “I’ll get you plenty of clothes that are more comfortable and suitable for outdoors activities, I just want to make sure you also have something for more formal occasions. Does that sound alright?”
Lucy smiles tentatively, and Tan’s mind runs through endless possibilities.
“Well it’s got great bones,” Bobby says to himself as he walks through the giant castle, “and a lot of furniture of good quality laying around, it just needs to all be put together.”
He doesn’t have his crew here, which is a… hurdle, but what he’s seen of the Narnians so far is that they seem eager to help. With that in mind, Bobby approaches a group of Dwarves that has been closely watching his every move.
Yes, he’ll make it work.
“Your siblings tell me you’ve had a difficult time forgiving yourself.”
Karamo sits in one of the many rooms of Cair Paravel, the boy king called Edmund in front of him. He has his work cut out for him with all of them, he thinks – four children turned monarchs overnight –, but the second youngest in particular seems to need his help.
Edmund looks at him, too sad and too wise for his age, and says: “I don’t know how. I betrayed them all; they could have died because of me.”
“I know it is difficult,” Karamo says softly, “but we all make mistakes and we all have a past. What matters is that you learn, and that you grow, and it seems like you’ve already done a lot of that.”
Edmund seems hesitant, but that’s alright: Karamo will take his time.
“I don’t really know a lot about cooking,” Peter says.
Antoni looks at the young boy tasked with the responsibility of a country, one he already seems to feel the weight of, and wants to help him relieve at least some of that burden.
“That’s fine,” Antoni says, “I don’t want you to be a great chef, or even to be a cook really, I just think that knowing how to feed them could be a nice and easy way to show your subjects, and your siblings, how much you care. ”
At this Peter brightens and Antoni smiles to see it.
“Now,” he starts, the boy before him paying careful attention, “what I was hoping to do is two things: one, figure out a few quick and easy food options that a variety of Narnians can eat, so no one gets left behind, and two, perhaps learn to prepare a small meal that you could enjoy with you siblings. How does that sound?”
Their greatest challenge yet
The girl, Susan, or Queen Susan now, looks at him with apprehension but also curiosity, which Jonathan takes as a good sign.
“What kind of statement?”
Jonathan smiles widely and feels his stomach flutter with excitement.
“I’m not sure dresses fit me all that well,” the young girl in front of him tells him, biting her lip nervously, “at least not the really big and fancy ones, I just think it would be hard to move around in. Maybe you should save that for Susan.”
Yes, the older girl; Tan is already quite excited to start on her wardrobe, and all of their wardrobes really- it’s not every day you get to dress royalty after all.
But first this one.
“Don’t worry darling,” he says, “I’ll get you plenty of clothes that are more comfortable and suitable for outdoors activities, I just want to make sure you also have something for more formal occasions. Does that sound alright?”
Lucy smiles tentatively, and Tan’s mind runs through endless possibilities.
“Well it’s got great bones,” Bobby says to himself as he walks through the giant castle, “and a lot of furniture of good quality laying around, it just needs to all be put together.”
He doesn’t have his crew here, which is a… hurdle, but what he’s seen of the Narnians so far is that they seem eager to help. With that in mind, Bobby approaches a group of Dwarves that has been closely watching his every move.
Yes, he’ll make it work.
“Your siblings tell me you’ve had a difficult time forgiving yourself.”
Karamo sits in one of the many rooms of Cair Paravel, the boy king called Edmund in front of him. He has his work cut out for him with all of them, he thinks – four children turned monarchs overnight –, but the second youngest in particular seems to need his help.
Edmund looks at him, too sad and too wise for his age, and says: “I don’t know how. I betrayed them all; they could have died because of me.”
“I know it is difficult,” Karamo says softly, “but we all make mistakes and we all have a past. What matters is that you learn, and that you grow, and it seems like you’ve already done a lot of that.”
Edmund seems hesitant, but that’s alright: Karamo will take his time.
“I don’t really know a lot about cooking,” Peter says.
Antoni looks at the young boy tasked with the responsibility of a country, one he already seems to feel the weight of, and wants to help him relieve at least some of that burden.
“That’s fine,” Antoni says, “I don’t want you to be a great chef, or even to be a cook really, I just think that knowing how to feed them could be a nice and easy way to show your subjects, and your siblings, how much you care. ”
At this Peter brightens and Antoni smiles to see it.
“Now,” he starts, the boy before him paying careful attention, “what I was hoping to do is two things: one, figure out a few quick and easy food options that a variety of Narnians can eat, so no one gets left behind, and two, perhaps learn to prepare a small meal that you could enjoy with you siblings. How does that sound?”