Cuthbert glances to Alain, who nods, then turns back to Susan. "We'd go out of Gilead. Away from the celebrations, into the forest or farmland distant," he says, as gently as he can. They all know why none of them would have had any taste for Reap, Fair-Day or not. "And keep watch together until it was over."

"We figured you'd not want to be around here today, or to be around many people, either. Alain and I thought to go with you into the forest here as far as we could, until we found the Dreaming or another place to bide, but it seems there's another place that might work." His glance flicks to Caspian.