Her breath catches in her throat at the rising strain between them. Jake hadn't remembered Roland while under Walter's spell, and Rilian's forgotten
(his father's face)
Caspian and everything else besides under his own, whatever it is. It can't go on this way, it can't.
Susan draws a quick breath and sends a silent plea to her own father. Help me, Da - help me to be strong enough to help them both. Determination firms the set of her mouth, though her tone remains gentle with concern when she speaks.
"If she cares for ye as ye say," she begins, "then surely she'd be glad were ye to find aid here. Let us help ye, sai. It's no weakness nor shame to accept such, and there's naught of reason not to, unless..."
Carefully, carefully now, she thinks.
"... unless there's something in ye driving ye to refuse." Soft, but clear. "It were that way for me, do'ee ken? I did what I'd never have done elsewise, and struggled against those who tried to stop me."
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(his father's face)
Caspian and everything else besides under his own, whatever it is. It can't go on this way, it can't.
Susan draws a quick breath and sends a silent plea to her own father. Help me, Da - help me to be strong enough to help them both. Determination firms the set of her mouth, though her tone remains gentle with concern when she speaks.
"If she cares for ye as ye say," she begins, "then surely she'd be glad were ye to find aid here. Let us help ye, sai. It's no weakness nor shame to accept such, and there's naught of reason not to, unless..."
Carefully, carefully now, she thinks.
"... unless there's something in ye driving ye to refuse." Soft, but clear. "It were that way for me, do'ee ken? I did what I'd never have done elsewise, and struggled against those who tried to stop me."