When Merlin walks into the office on Monday, he says, "What do you know about Jadis?"
"She's dead," Arthur says, not looking up from whatever he's writing. "Or hiding out in Guinea Bissau. Somewhere with no extradition treaty with the United States anyway, so it's all the same."
"What if I told you she was alive?"
"Hmm. What if, indeed."
"What if I told you Morgana was with her?"
Arthur looks up.
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And just like that, all the expression goes out of Edmund's face. No anger, no curiosity, not even coldness, nothing.
I'm close, Arthur thinks triumphantly.
"That's ridiculous," Edmund says. "Jadis has been dead for years."
"But suppose she is alive," Arthur begins.
"Suppose she is," Edmund cuts in, smooth and calm, "I would be the last person to open my arms to her. She tried to have my siblings killed, Pendragon."
"Pevensie," Arthur says, echoing his tone. "So did you."
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"She's dead," Arthur says, not looking up from whatever he's writing. "Or hiding out in Guinea Bissau. Somewhere with no extradition treaty with the United States anyway, so it's all the same."
"What if I told you she was alive?"
"Hmm. What if, indeed."
"What if I told you Morgana was with her?"
Arthur looks up.
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And just like that, all the expression goes out of Edmund's face. No anger, no curiosity, not even coldness, nothing.
I'm close, Arthur thinks triumphantly.
"That's ridiculous," Edmund says. "Jadis has been dead for years."
"But suppose she is alive," Arthur begins.
"Suppose she is," Edmund cuts in, smooth and calm, "I would be the last person to open my arms to her. She tried to have my siblings killed, Pendragon."
"Pevensie," Arthur says, echoing his tone. "So did you."