Cuthbert stares at him a few seconds longer, considering. Beside him, Alain's studying Caspian with that way of his that gives a person the sense of being weighed and measured.
He deliberately breaks his regard for a necessary second in order to turn and look at Eddie, and is unsurprised to find Eddie looking back at him.
(Cuthbert and Eddie are twins)
Keep her there, he conveys, with a pointed glance at Susan, and Eddie tips his head back in a nod of acknowledgement before he grins at something she says. Cuthbert turns back to face Caspian.
"I'll not argue that this garden of yours sounds like a much better option than chancing the whims of the woods," he allows. "So say thankya for that. But it's not only support in numbers we're dealing with here. No offense--"
Not that that's likely, but it's worth trying.
"-- but whatever she's told you about what happened, it's not the same as having gone through it. You really think it's a good idea to make her have to pretend everything's fine tomorrow? She doesn't need that, and she won't have to do it with us."
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He deliberately breaks his regard for a necessary second in order to turn and look at Eddie, and is unsurprised to find Eddie looking back at him.
(Cuthbert and Eddie are twins)
Keep her there, he conveys, with a pointed glance at Susan, and Eddie tips his head back in a nod of acknowledgement before he grins at something she says. Cuthbert turns back to face Caspian.
"I'll not argue that this garden of yours sounds like a much better option than chancing the whims of the woods," he allows. "So say thankya for that. But it's not only support in numbers we're dealing with here. No offense--"
Not that that's likely, but it's worth trying.
"-- but whatever she's told you about what happened, it's not the same as having gone through it. You really think it's a good idea to make her have to pretend everything's fine tomorrow? She doesn't need that, and she won't have to do it with us."