A motion at the door catches her eye as Alain enters, and Susan makes a quick decision. "'Bert, why don't ye go with Alain to - to make arrangements, an'ye would?"

She'll not argue that she'd be more comfortable with them there, but she's well aware now that her reluctance to have them out of her sight is born of the deep uneasiness within her, and she refuses to let it overcome her. Susan smiles up at him. "I'll be fine here with Sir Reepicheep, while ye do."

Cuthbert studies her carefully. "Thee are sure, Sue?"

"As ever was," she promises. "Go on, now."