"Godspeed," he says after a moment, and that lopsided understanding smile is rather less faint now. "Trust in Aslan. One way or another, it will come out all right."
Or close enough.
In Aslan's Country, one doesn't feel grief even for endings. Here at Milliways, that's not so, and there's pain in the memory of stars falling and a door shutting on the empty iced bones of a world.
But then Edmund was talking to Tirian earlier; he might be looking for Eustace, too.
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It's a quick grin he gets, genuine but preoccupied, and it fades.
The tilt of his head says, what's your news? It also implies that Edmund doesn't expect to be surprised by said news.
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After a moment, "You're going too?"
There's still no surprise. Although there is a faint crook of a smile, less humor than simple understanding.
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He's standing very straight.
"If there's any chance for me to get back to Narnia and help -- well, I've got to, haven't I."
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"Godspeed," he says after a moment, and that lopsided understanding smile is rather less faint now. "Trust in Aslan. One way or another, it will come out all right."
Or close enough.
In Aslan's Country, one doesn't feel grief even for endings. Here at Milliways, that's not so, and there's pain in the memory of stars falling and a door shutting on the empty iced bones of a world.
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"Thanks, Ed. Take care."
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