Archibald Craven has always been a selfish and self-indulgent man, and there have been very few willing to challenge him when he went into his darker moods since Lilias Craven died. In the days since he quarreled with Lucy Pevensie he indulged himself first by shutting himself up in his rooms and later by expressing his will rather forcibly to the ( Read more... )

Colin is in the bar ( Read more... )

There are many doors at Misselthwaite Manor.

There is not just one that leads to Milliways.

This is likely why there is a boy entering with a book under his arm and settling on a couch after blinking for a moment.

It is not the kitchen, but he can get a milkshake here.

Colin does not feel that winter is a reason not to enjoy a milkshake.

[OOM: After well over a year of Secret Garden at Milliways, we have at last reached the end of canon.

Come to my garden, nestled in the hill.
There I'll keep you safe beside me.
Come to my garden. Rest there in my arms.
There I'll see you safely grown
And on your way.]

[OOM: Three babes in the wood...kinda. There is a discussion of Dickon's mother. YOUR MOM is not, in fact, uttered in this discussion.]

[OOM: In the garden, the morning after Blodwen returns, Mary warns Dickon and Colin about her.]

[OOM: Several weeks ago, there was this conversation, in which Mary Lennox was convinced that due to her negligence, her dead parents were wandering around the Indian countryside as vaguely vampiric spirits eating innocent children ( Read more... )

He is reading a Book.

It is not a religious book, though some might study it as if it were.

It is, in fact, a Book Of Mary's.

He, er. Borrowed it.

It is of the future.

[OOM: Story Time]

Colin is sitting very stiffly at a table and sipping hot chocolate again.

He wishes his chair wouldn't keep shifting, but he is used to it.

Colin does not need Mary to go to the bar.

Colin can--and is--going on His Own.

Colin is also staring about the bar again with fascination, cheeks pale and eyes wide.