He says nothing as they pick up the pots and pans together. It may be rude of him too to not respond to those words of reassurance, but Caspian believes Edmund truly understands. They don't have the same kind of friendship as the High King and Telmarine King do, however that doesn't exactly change how well one person can know the other, especially when they are family. He doesn't think Edmund will mind his silence. Then just like that, Caspian notes how Peter's disappearance had followed Edmund's timely arrival. Was it meant to be that way? Is it why the Just remains, calm and controlled, when he cannot be? It makes sense but at the same time makes the situation sound premeditate. He won't stoop to that level of skepticism.
"I hope so, Edmund," finally he speaks, "I really do."
Edmund does understand. His relationship with Peter had been difficult, once, but after fifteen years of ruling together, of being the High King's right hand, Edmund's relationship has long since been patched. He remains calm because the Just rarely panics, even when there's nothing to be done about a situation.
"Stay here tonight," he suggests, and it's very different from a command. "I'll take Destrier and go out, and keep searching for him." You need rest, are the words Edmund doesn't say. "The girls need one of us to be here." That's not precisely a lie, but it isn't the strict truth: Susan and Lucy are both more than capable of holding it together, but Peter would have liked one of them to stay with the girls; not because they're girls but because they're his little sisters.
Leave it all to me I will do the right thing;
Date: 2010-07-21 08:00 am (UTC)"I hope so, Edmund," finally he speaks, "I really do."
Leave it all to me I will do the right thing;
Date: 2010-07-21 03:45 pm (UTC)"Stay here tonight," he suggests, and it's very different from a command. "I'll take Destrier and go out, and keep searching for him." You need rest, are the words Edmund doesn't say. "The girls need one of us to be here." That's not precisely a lie, but it isn't the strict truth: Susan and Lucy are both more than capable of holding it together, but Peter would have liked one of them to stay with the girls; not because they're girls but because they're his little sisters.