"I know you've had some thought on that," Caspian says. His anger with Roland hadn't abated, but some part of it has been replaced by a deep, oceanic grief for Alain and Cuthbert.

Roland had been their – their High King. Even if they'd wished it, they couldn't have returned for her. And now he's gone, but all the scars of his presence are still here. "Eddie spoke of it, a little, when I asked. But I'd hear of if it on your own words, if you will."