He dons his hat, heedless of flower petals, and straightens to face her.

"Today is a year since Susan - since she left our world," he chooses, with a quick glance at Caspian. Mentioning a bonfire to a tree-being just doesn't seem quite right.

"It wasn't easy for her, and she's haunted by dreams and what we fear is ill magic as the eve approaches. We'd keep her safe--" He indicates Caspian as well as himself, then continues, "we and another friend, and stand watch with her through the night, but we seek a place of refuge in which to do so."