He shrugged. "The same way I would normally, I guess. Though if I plan to do any heavy lifting, I may need your help," he said, making a face that was less silly, more annoyed. "I was on my way for a swim just now, in fact. If you'd like to join me you're welcome to, only if you promise not to laugh at me swimming in my clothes," he said with a chuckle.
Caspian did his best to keep a straight face, though he wasn't very good at it. "I promise not to laugh," he said as solemnly as possible. It wasn't that he wanted to mock his friend - on the contrary, he was quite sympathetic to his plight - but the slight, likely unintentional pout on Eustace's feminine face was more amusing than he expected it to be. He jerked his head in the direction of the waterfall. "Come on, let's go for a swim."
"You're a lot better at not laughing than Jill," Eustace told him as they walked. "She couldn't keep it in for more than two minutes at a stretch. 'Spose it wouldn't've been nearly as funny if she'd been a boy, though," he said ruefully.
"I shouldn't laugh," said Caspian. "I've been far too lucky in that the island has spared me most of its tricks. I've not been turned into a girl, or made younger, or woken up in another's body, or become overly affectionate with everyone I meet." There was that strange dream that he and Lucy had had about being on the Dawn Treader again, but that seemed far less traumatic than the rest of it. "If I mock your misfortune, I'm like to end up as an eel or something with the next turn of the moon."
Eustace couldn't help laughing at that. "Ugh, just think, you'd be confined to whatever stream or pool you happened to find yourself in for the duration of the weekend," he chuckled. "Well, at least it wouldn't be as bad as a dragon. Though you're hardly as in need of a personality change as I was," he added, grinning, "so I doubt you'd find that inflicted on you."
He shrugged. "The same way I would normally, I guess. Though if I plan to do any heavy lifting, I may need your help," he said, making a face that was less silly, more annoyed. "I was on my way for a swim just now, in fact. If you'd like to join me you're welcome to, only if you promise not to laugh at me swimming in my clothes," he said with a chuckle.
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"You're a lot better at not laughing than Jill," Eustace told him as they walked. "She couldn't keep it in for more than two minutes at a stretch. 'Spose it wouldn't've been nearly as funny if she'd been a boy, though," he said ruefully.
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Eustace couldn't help laughing at that. "Ugh, just think, you'd be confined to whatever stream or pool you happened to find yourself in for the duration of the weekend," he chuckled. "Well, at least it wouldn't be as bad as a dragon. Though you're hardly as in need of a personality change as I was," he added, grinning, "so I doubt you'd find that inflicted on you."
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