Ah, that made a certain amount of sense. Although Susan was busy with her soup for a moment or two longer - it tasted so good, she had been so hungry - and it also gave her a moment or two longer to think.
Which was only a good thing, since she couldn't help but notice that even though Gendry disavowed calling himself a prince, he called these two princes 'uncles.' And she couldn't help but notice the casual way he said he was run out of his home, that it happened all the time. And if these two uncles of his were going at it for the throne that then that meant at the very least a civil war with no one to rule the people or see to their benefit, and that made for very poor administration indeed.
She took another hurried sip of her soup, and then another, and then set down her spoon to address Gendry.
"But don't you see, we didn't need the throne. There were four of them. We were children when we became kings and queens; we needed each other in order to do a good job."
He was speaking to her very practically and frankly, and she could meet him in that. "Even if for some reason we had wanted to rule on our own, the people would have never stood for it. We ruled because of a prophecy - four thrones needed to be filled. They were there, waiting for us, long before we got to Narnia. We had to work together, our reign was given to us so we could work together. And Aslan - the one who entrusted Narnia to us - I am certain that would have brought him again from over the Eastern Sea, and he would not have been pleased."
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Which was only a good thing, since she couldn't help but notice that even though Gendry disavowed calling himself a prince, he called these two princes 'uncles.' And she couldn't help but notice the casual way he said he was run out of his home, that it happened all the time. And if these two uncles of his were going at it for the throne that then that meant at the very least a civil war with no one to rule the people or see to their benefit, and that made for very poor administration indeed.
She took another hurried sip of her soup, and then another, and then set down her spoon to address Gendry.
"But don't you see, we didn't need the throne. There were four of them. We were children when we became kings and queens; we needed each other in order to do a good job."
He was speaking to her very practically and frankly, and she could meet him in that. "Even if for some reason we had wanted to rule on our own, the people would have never stood for it. We ruled because of a prophecy - four thrones needed to be filled. They were there, waiting for us, long before we got to Narnia. We had to work together, our reign was given to us so we could work together. And Aslan - the one who entrusted Narnia to us - I am certain that would have brought him again from over the Eastern Sea, and he would not have been pleased."