Peter raised an eyebrow. “So you are writing it late at night, while hiding from him?”
Peter's no dummy!
“Because his long-lost brother suddenly appeared and displaced him as Crown Prince?”
“Corin never wanted to be the Crown Prince.”
“That doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be strange to suddenly lose that much attention! I certainly would mind if I was suddenly no longer High King, regardless of how I truly felt about the position.” Peter laughed with a sort of disbelief. “I am actually shocked that I can see this and not you.”
“I was thinking of just how different Corin’s childhood was from mine,” Edmund admitted.
“Were you?” Peter stood up with a stretch, ready to make his way to bed. “I was actually thinking that there are some striking parallels.”
And again! I love how Peter knows what's going on, not just with Edmund and Peridan, but with Corin as well. He is High King after all.
So, he decided to adopt the same posture he would with any advisor. “The Glasswater Dwarfs won’t be familiar with that kind of structure; they tend to live closer to the foot of the mountains. But you are correct, the Monkeys can probably help. You may have to draw it for them, and speak to someone like Mr. Beaver or one of the other builders here. If you bring me a drawing and some estimates, we could present it to the relevant parties as an option.”
Corin jumped off the windowsill onto the floor. He looked genuinely surprised. “You mean for me to do that?”
“You wanted to experience Narnia. This sounds like an excellent project for you.”
Oh, I love how Corin came up with a solution, and Edmund took him seriously and let him take the lead on it! And then Peridan with his compliment just twisting him all up.
In the dim light, it was hard to read Peridan’s expression. It was only when he looked up, green eyes burning like hot coals, that Edmund saw the tightness in his jaw—the hard line of his lips. “Do you wish for me to leave, Sire?”
Edmund had waited too long to broach the subject. And yet, still, Peridan would offer him a way out, generous to the very last. Edmund pushed through the script he had prepared for himself.
Oh my heart!
What a wonderful story! I loved the world building and the character development was A++++! Thank you for sharing this.
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