"You have given none, Son of Adam," Aslan says, and again Caspian has to hide a small smile. The Lion likes Cuthbert, and Alain too, but the gunslingers aren't well enough acquainted with him yet to be easy of the knowledge.

That low growl, almost a purr, is back in Aslan's voice as he continues. "But you have talked to them, gunslinger. Many times, over many years. Your words have been heard. It is just this is the first time one of our number is talking back."