In her defense, there'd been a number of things getting in the way, like how they so rarely saw Susan anymore. It wouldn't do to write things in a letter when it would be so much better in the telling.

But now, caught up in said telling, Lucy grinned at him. "I wouldn't know about that, but they were sent by Aslan on a quest."

Face falling for a moment, she added slowly, "They told me that Caspian--well, Caspian's gone."