Edmund is not superstitious - something about meeting actual witches and minotaurs sort of makes one abandon superstition - but the first thought that comes to mind is ghost. He doesn't know why, and he pushes the thought away, his eyes quickly narrowing in on the gramophone. He's pretty sure that his mother still has one in their home in London.
"Peter, where are you?" the Just isn't going to waste time ascertaining that it is in fact the High King. There's no one else, and Edmund is too logical to let the shock make him ask stupid questions or scold. Whatever is going on might be temporary.
There is a great deal that the Just hears in his brother's voice, but he's not going to waste time asking questions about that right now, even though he's angry and wants to punch his older brother in the face for making Lucy cry and Susan worry and Caspian have his mysterious emotional reaction.
Because now we say goodnight from our own separate sides;
Date: 2010-08-12 04:24 pm (UTC)"Peter, where are you?" the Just isn't going to waste time ascertaining that it is in fact the High King. There's no one else, and Edmund is too logical to let the shock make him ask stupid questions or scold. Whatever is going on might be temporary.
There is a great deal that the Just hears in his brother's voice, but he's not going to waste time asking questions about that right now, even though he's angry and wants to punch his older brother in the face for making Lucy cry and Susan worry and Caspian have his mysterious emotional reaction.