Winter continues to be Not Very Christmasy. The monarchs have other things to do, though. There's an archery competition and a tourney and a horse race (won respectively by Isabella, James, and a horse). There's some ruffled feathers and raised hackles to be soothed even a while after the kidnapping - it has shaken some creatures' confidence - but most people are placated by the story and the conclusion where Winter is in the inescapable dungeon. There are envoys to see and send and disputes to settle and an economy to gentle along without disrupting its charming Narnian-ness.
They can't very well visit him when they're in the summer palace for the summer.
They're back in Cair Paravel in autumn and there's Queensday and everyone stuffs themselves on harvest foods and there is a funeral for a knight who was getting on a bit and they have to establish traditions for knightly funerals and there are delights of married life to partake in and a grand ball that Viridian wanted to throw and how did they go this long without noticing that Narnia hadn't invented roof gutters and -
- there is snow, everywhere, deep and crisp and even, and a list of questions in Isabella's notebook.
1. What should we know about the apples of immortality?
2. What is Winter's problem?
3. Are there more surprises in Narnia like the dark tunnels?
4. Did Winter omit anything when he marked the tunnels?
5. Why couldn't Winter go back to Earth?
6. Is there a way to let him die?
7. Is there in general a reliable way to get between Earth and Narnia and back?
8. Are there any magic items lying around we could get without having to wait for you to bring them?
9. What other questions might it be worthwhile to ask you and what are the answers to them?
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Date: 2016-02-27 08:55 pm (UTC)They can't very well visit him when they're in the summer palace for the summer.
They're back in Cair Paravel in autumn and there's Queensday and everyone stuffs themselves on harvest foods and there is a funeral for a knight who was getting on a bit and they have to establish traditions for knightly funerals and there are delights of married life to partake in and a grand ball that Viridian wanted to throw and how did they go this long without noticing that Narnia hadn't invented roof gutters and -
- there is snow, everywhere, deep and crisp and even, and a list of questions in Isabella's notebook.
1. What should we know about the apples of immortality?
2. What is Winter's problem?
3. Are there more surprises in Narnia like the dark tunnels?
4. Did Winter omit anything when he marked the tunnels?
5. Why couldn't Winter go back to Earth?
6. Is there a way to let him die?
7. Is there in general a reliable way to get between Earth and Narnia and back?
8. Are there any magic items lying around we could get without having to wait for you to bring them?
9. What other questions might it be worthwhile to ask you and what are the answers to them?