"All right." Cuthbert puts a hand on her shoulder in reassurance, and Susan covers it with her own and squeezes his fingers before he lets go and nods back to Reepicheep. "And I say thankya for it," he says, simply. "We'll not be far."

Susan watches as he goes to meet Alain, and turns back to Reepicheep with a small, slightly wry smile. "I ken ye've been worried," she starts. "And I'd not be surprised were you to have questions, say true."