Oh, sister, you are not better forgotten at all! In fact, I'm most certain much of Narnia would be in great disdain without your presence. I certainly would, as you are my sister Queen after all.
Narnia would have been left with three very capable and much loved monarchs. Truly I do not think my presence is all that needed. As for the role of your sister - well. I doubt anyone will be willing to step up to the monumental task.
[ this may be said with a smile on her face because. what is a joke. ]
Do not think so poorly of yourself, Susan! The whole of Narnia does look to you so very much. Why, in fact, I spent my day with the beavers and they did implore upon you! So, do not belittle yourself. I could find no better sister than you, of course. So you must stay, it is clear to me now.
[ here, have a Lucy hug, because some things never change. ]
[ Lu may seem oblivious, but she doesn't miss the look on her sister's face. She never misses those things. ]
Oh I visited the Centaurs of course, but my lessons will not suffer if I am absent but one day. The Beavers wanted me to visit, and I had not seen them in such a while I felt it was necessary.
It may be necessary, and I do not doubt that the Beavers have been utterly delighted by your untimely visit. However, you did have your schedule set for today, and I wish you would have followed it. We may be the Queens of Narnia, but that does not allow us to miss our duties. You know this.
But what is a Queen of Narnia if she does not know her people? So often I sit in those dreary rooms and I wonder just what the Narnians must think of us. Do you not remember in the earliest days of our reign how we would greet them, or call them to dine with us? I see no such thing, not outside of nobles.
I find it a glaring problem, my sister Queen. It is wrong of me to have shirked my duties without due care, but the very trees danced again, the Beavers were delighted and called so many to come and join us. To see their smiles gives me strength, not lessons nor treaties nor silly documents!
They are my heart, sister. [ Lucy is worrying the hem of a sleeve between her hands as she watches her sister, wide eyed and ablaze with emotion.]
[ susan watches her sister quietly, touched by her devotion and dedication to narnia. while they all loved their land to the best of their abilities, she believes that her youngest sibling may be the most in-love with narnia among them.
gently: ] But what is a Queen of Narnia if she does not know what her obligations are to her people? It is our duty and calling to make certain that the trees can smile and the Beavers can be delighted again. You may cause them happiness for today, but what of tomorrow? Next summer? Lessons and treaties and documents - silly, you may call them - are what enable us to keep peace.
[ Narnia rests in Lucy's heart, and has been rooted there from the very moment she found the magical land. ]
Sister, I do not disregard my duties -- I always accomplish what I am given. I greatly understand the need for documentation and treaties with our neighbor lands. But sister, I also know that these people, no matter what we do sign and seal, no matter what words trespass borders, no matter the very rules we set down upon them, need us first and foremost.
I will do my duties. I am young, younger than the rest but I am not uneducated in my role! I attend all of my lessons and teachings, I make sure Cair Paravel is readied for our ambassador guests. And yet at night I do find myself at my window. Do you not remember how we used to sleep in the grasses, just at the edge of the forest? Or perhaps the nights camped at the shore?
Oh Susan, why is it I miss just one day, just one day and all it appears I have done the most cruel of wrongdoings?
[ because we are not so free to do as we wish, no matter what you think. the words sit at susan's tongue, ready to be lashed out. because we always ought to do the most responsible thing. narnia looks upon us to do just that. but she holds the words back. seeing her sister like this breaks her, and yet she must hold firm. someone ought to remind her siblings why they are here, and oh how she hates that it has to be her.
she comes closer to her sister, rests a hand on her forearm. ]
I apologize, my dear sister. It is not my intention to make you feel like thus.
Let us report this to Aslan, straight away, for this titles are so ill fitted indeed! Hail King Edmund, the Sincere. May your kindness outreach all of Narnia, even the very heavens above us.
[ she grins brightly. The thing about Lucy is she looks rather silly dressed as a queen when she's meant to be wild spirited, her hair loose and her face sunkissed. So when she bows to him, and her very crown tips off, she laughs with gusto. ]
I think I make a rather terrible Queen titled Clever. I am not very clever if I may not keep my very crown atop my head!
Oh I do not know. I think perhaps making him march through all of Narnia and paying each citizen who speaks to him a kind word may be just enough! It would take all of his strength to do such a thing!
Nonsense, King Edmund. I have spoken with your most loyal of subjects and they do love you so. And if one is to ask me, I feel that love to be most rightfully deserved.
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[ this may be said with a smile on her face because. what is a joke. ]
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[ here, have a Lucy hug, because some things never change. ]
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With the beavers, Lu? I thought you are to spend your day with the Centaurs, learning about your lessons.
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Oh I visited the Centaurs of course, but my lessons will not suffer if I am absent but one day. The Beavers wanted me to visit, and I had not seen them in such a while I felt it was necessary.
Su, may I ask you something? Are you well?
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I find it a glaring problem, my sister Queen. It is wrong of me to have shirked my duties without due care, but the very trees danced again, the Beavers were delighted and called so many to come and join us. To see their smiles gives me strength, not lessons nor treaties nor silly documents!
They are my heart, sister. [ Lucy is worrying the hem of a sleeve between her hands as she watches her sister, wide eyed and ablaze with emotion.]
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gently: ] But what is a Queen of Narnia if she does not know what her obligations are to her people? It is our duty and calling to make certain that the trees can smile and the Beavers can be delighted again. You may cause them happiness for today, but what of tomorrow? Next summer? Lessons and treaties and documents - silly, you may call them - are what enable us to keep peace.
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Sister, I do not disregard my duties -- I always accomplish what I am given. I greatly understand the need for documentation and treaties with our neighbor lands. But sister, I also know that these people, no matter what we do sign and seal, no matter what words trespass borders, no matter the very rules we set down upon them, need us first and foremost.
I will do my duties. I am young, younger than the rest but I am not uneducated in my role! I attend all of my lessons and teachings, I make sure Cair Paravel is readied for our ambassador guests. And yet at night I do find myself at my window. Do you not remember how we used to sleep in the grasses, just at the edge of the forest? Or perhaps the nights camped at the shore?
Oh Susan, why is it I miss just one day, just one day and all it appears I have done the most cruel of wrongdoings?
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she comes closer to her sister, rests a hand on her forearm. ]
I apologize, my dear sister. It is not my intention to make you feel like thus.
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I do not understand why you have fondness for your Mun. I had to scare mine away with the threat of my power before I could regain my independence.
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So you are still the Queen of Narnia.
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But our younger selves are not as fortunate, by all appearances.
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[ ... she may or may not be giggling through this, even now. ]
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[He sees what you did there, Lucy.]
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[ she grins and gives a little bow. ] Onward, Edmund the Just, King of Narnia. Employ well your sincerity upon the land.
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From henceforth, we shall be known as King Edmund the Sincere and Queen Lucy the Clever.
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[ she grins brightly. The thing about Lucy is she looks rather silly dressed as a queen when she's meant to be wild spirited, her hair loose and her face sunkissed. So when she bows to him, and her very crown tips off, she laughs with gusto. ]
I think I make a rather terrible Queen titled Clever. I am not very clever if I may not keep my very crown atop my head!
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[ booooooows [
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