Al’s gut twisted sharply at Edmund’s words. Trust him to turn this back around on Al. Yes, he wanted Edmund to choose a more appropriate mate, but Kala — well, Al remembered her from the age of winter.
Jadis had twisted and used many people. Edmund among them. They were to forgive and forge trust, but of all the people for Edmund to become enameled with... Aslan. How was he always so infuriating?
“That reputation wasn’t entirely unearned,” Al said softly. This was going to blow up, he already knew it. Edmund was going to get mad at him again, yell at him again, because he’d only lived the tail end of Jadis’s rule. He didn’t understand the scars the lions carried. And he would never forgive Al for remembering them, would he?
Edmund hadn’t said anything at all, but Al felt his throat closing as his eyes began to burn. He already knew how this would end. He shouldn’t have come back.
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Date: 2018-07-20 03:09 am (UTC)Jadis had twisted and used many people. Edmund among them. They were to forgive and forge trust, but of all the people for Edmund to become enameled with... Aslan. How was he always so infuriating?
“That reputation wasn’t entirely unearned,” Al said softly. This was going to blow up, he already knew it. Edmund was going to get mad at him again, yell at him again, because he’d only lived the tail end of Jadis’s rule. He didn’t understand the scars the lions carried. And he would never forgive Al for remembering them, would he?
Edmund hadn’t said anything at all, but Al felt his throat closing as his eyes began to burn. He already knew how this would end. He shouldn’t have come back.