Where I have issues with Edmund (and yeah, I wrote it, so this is weird, but...) is that the Narnians arrive and he basically dumps her to go be all angsty with the accused in the lock up without telling Morgan why. He's reliving some bad angsty times and rather than telling her, even that there is something wrong, he says nothing.
I find his silence on it especially troubling because he has so often taken her to task for not being forthcoming with him.
Earlier versions of this had him being much more aggressive with the Director in his statements that he trusts Morgan, and I've backpedaled on that. It's ugly that he questions her morality, but I think understandable.
As you've observed, he is trying really hard to respect her position and autonomy. That being said, some of it is convenience to be sure. He doesn't need to worry about the "commitment thing" because she's already committed somewhere else, to someone else.
Sallowpad understands that this has dredged up old memories because he is old and was at Beruna. Susan does as well. I had not decided if Lambert knows. Back in the Two Hearts Day segment Edmund specifically reflects that the only ones he spoke to of his time with the Witch was Merle and Aslan. No one else knows and if you think about it, no one would know unless he told them about the candy, the drink, the promise to be a Prince and King. I mused over here as to whether the story of his betrayal would be very widely known and concluded that it probably wasn't.
This is what had been written and came out:
“It happened when the Four first arrived in Narnia,” Sallowpad said, interrupting. Morgan didn’t mind. She did the same thing.
“I’ve heard the story, Chief.”
“Quiet and listen!” Sallowpad snapped. “There is part of the story that is not commonly told. My King, at first, was not a captive of the Witch. He was her accomplice and a traitor.”
Morgan sat a very long time, staring at the Raven. She was shocked. “Traitor? To the Witch?”
“Yes.”
She couldn’t believe it. It was impossible. “How do you know?”
“I was there and deep in the counsels with Aslan and the High King. King Edmund ran away from his family and betrayed them to the Witch. She made him her prisoner and intended to kill him to defeat the prophecy of four Thrones filled. He was rescued. Aslan and his family forgave him before the Battle of Beruna. And you know what happened there.”
Morgan nodded. Harold had been a child; he had broken the Witch’s wand, helped carry the day, and nearly died.
The coverlet’s rows were neat squares, ten by ten, by hundred by thousands. Over and over. Harold, the child-hero of Beruna, had been a traitor. He had betrayed his brother and his sisters and Narnia and even the lion that sat heavy and uncomfortable at her throat. She could not understand the contradiction. She’d seen none of this. It made no sense. She could only believe it because Sallowpad said it.
“Why are you telling me this, Chief?”
“Because this tells you why my King is as he is and why he does not trust easily. And now, even more, he is thinking very hard on Seth Stanleh and what it means to betray family for material gain. When he thinks so hard, he does not feel as he should.”
This came out because I decided that something that important had to come from Edmund. Sallowpad wouldn't say it and -- this was my brainwave of the last 2 days -- it provides part of the impetus for their reuniting in Archenland in the Spring.
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I find his silence on it especially troubling because he has so often taken her to task for not being forthcoming with him.
Earlier versions of this had him being much more aggressive with the Director in his statements that he trusts Morgan, and I've backpedaled on that. It's ugly that he questions her morality, but I think understandable.
As you've observed, he is trying really hard to respect her position and autonomy. That being said, some of it is convenience to be sure. He doesn't need to worry about the "commitment thing" because she's already committed somewhere else, to someone else.
Sallowpad understands that this has dredged up old memories because he is old and was at Beruna. Susan does as well. I had not decided if Lambert knows. Back in the Two Hearts Day segment Edmund specifically reflects that the only ones he spoke to of his time with the Witch was Merle and Aslan. No one else knows and if you think about it, no one would know unless he told them about the candy, the drink, the promise to be a Prince and King. I mused over here as to whether the story of his betrayal would be very widely known and concluded that it probably wasn't.
This is what had been written and came out:
“It happened when the Four first arrived in Narnia,” Sallowpad said, interrupting. Morgan didn’t mind. She did the same thing.
“I’ve heard the story, Chief.”
“Quiet and listen!” Sallowpad snapped. “There is part of the story that is not commonly told. My King, at first, was not a captive of the Witch. He was her accomplice and a traitor.”
Morgan sat a very long time, staring at the Raven. She was shocked. “Traitor? To the Witch?”
“Yes.”
She couldn’t believe it. It was impossible. “How do you know?”
“I was there and deep in the counsels with Aslan and the High King. King Edmund ran away from his family and betrayed them to the Witch. She made him her prisoner and intended to kill him to defeat the prophecy of four Thrones filled. He was rescued. Aslan and his family forgave him before the Battle of Beruna. And you know what happened there.”
Morgan nodded. Harold had been a child; he had broken the Witch’s wand, helped carry the day, and nearly died.
The coverlet’s rows were neat squares, ten by ten, by hundred by thousands. Over and over. Harold, the child-hero of Beruna, had been a traitor. He had betrayed his brother and his sisters and Narnia and even the lion that sat heavy and uncomfortable at her throat. She could not understand the contradiction. She’d seen none of this. It made no sense. She could only believe it because Sallowpad said it.
“Why are you telling me this, Chief?”
“Because this tells you why my King is as he is and why he does not trust easily. And now, even more, he is thinking very hard on Seth Stanleh and what it means to betray family for material gain. When he thinks so hard, he does not feel as he should.”
This came out because I decided that something that important had to come from Edmund. Sallowpad wouldn't say it and -- this was my brainwave of the last 2 days -- it provides part of the impetus for their reuniting in Archenland in the Spring.