Unexpected parenthood.... With furry children! Intelligence, or madness?

[siredmundofthehow]

[Edmund races into the central courtyard of Cair Paravel, clutching a satchel full of four wriggling wolf pups, and calls for his siblings, especially his sisters. They are female, they will have some idea of what he should do to care for them, won't they?]
Susan! Lucy! Peter! Come quick! I need you! Please!

Susan! Lucy! Please! It's important!
[one of pups begins to whine and Edmund starts to worry, what if it's sick? Or hungry? Or something? He doesn't know what to do. He needs Susan. He needs his Gentle Sister-Queen now.]

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Is this too late I just found it /o\ Also I hope you don't mind if I prose /o\

[calledmegentle]

As soon as she hears her younger brother calling for her, she immediately abandons what she's working on and rushes down. He's not expected back until later, after all, and she can't help the way her heart lurches with worry. What had happened? Was he injured?

There's a hint of panic in her eyes as she finally spots him, rushing towards him as quickly as her dress allows.

"What is it, Ed? Are you all right?"

It's never too late! Prose is totally cool

[siredmundofthehow]

It is true that the Just King is not due back until later in the day and his calling for his siblings does help with their expectations or the reality of what is happening now. But he ran into a situation with a dying She-Wolf and her Pups and made a vow he could not break without dishonoring himself, his kingship, his kingdom and above all, the Lion.


"I'm fine, Susan."

Edmund relaxed when he noticed Susan's approach and covers the remaining distance between them with several quick strides. He was careful not to overly jostle the satchel containing his newly adopted Wolf Pups.
" Susan! Thank the Lion. Help me,"

He sank to the cobbled floor of the courtyard and lifted the Pups out one by one and then said, "With them. I promised-in the Lion's name no less- their dying mother I'd take care of them and raise them. But I don't know how to do that. Help me keep my word, please Sister?"

Sweet \o/

[calledmegentle]

She can't help the swift uptick of concern when he asks her to help him and sinks to the floor, her mind rushing with thoughts of him being injured somewhere and how Lucy may not get there with her cordial in time--

--and then he starts pulling out the Pups and she settles across from him hesitatingly, unable to keep herself from gaping just a little bit.

"Oh, Ed, trust you to get into this sort of scrape," she exclaims quietly as she cautiously reaches for one of the Pups, frowning thoughtfully at the tiny ball of fur, "They're so small. Were they only just recently born?"