Oh yes, she's sure he just survived on his wits. She could almost hear Edmund say something like, 'No wonder they're a bit frazzled. And why are you talking to him anyway, Su, don't you have better things to do?'

Except... no, she really didn't.

"Oh, I think I'm due for a nightmare," she said. "I ran into one of those shadow things earlier. If I'm going to have a nightmare anyway, I might as well get a good story out of it."