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Tumnus' days are rather busy so he must work to find time to write his book and he has a moment. Due to some travel troubles, he is not needed and thus can finally put to paper the chronology that has been bothering him.

When he enters his room and finds Milliways, he looks around the rubble in confusion before going to the counter to get paper and a pen.

Then he sets to constructing the timeline, he is quite certain that he has the proper chronology of the early kings of Narnia. It is slightly difficult that his sources are in his room but those can be checked later and perhaps he can have some of the fine tea here.

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Milliways is an excellent place to come for tea.

The woman at the nearby table certainly thinks so. She has a teapot sitting right next to her crown.

And if, at some point, Tumnus looks in her direction, he'll get a warm smile and a "Good evening."

He looks up at one point to consider a word and ends up with ink in the fur on top of his hand as he sees her.

Once his pen is set down, he nods and smiles to her, she reminds him of home in a way he rarely sees here, "Good evening. I hope it is a fine one."

"It is, thank you," Amy says.

"I hope yours is as well.

"I'm Amy."

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"I'm finding it improving now that I have this bit of writing done. Tumnus of Narnia at your service,"

As he's sitting, it's not possible to fully bow but he manages a half one.

"It's very nice to meet you, Tumnus," Amy says, with a graceful incline of her head.

And then smiles.

"My brother is from Narnia.

"Caspian."

"Caspian, I am sad to say I've never met him. I serve and am honored to call myself a friend of Queen Lucy and her family,"

He respects and serves all the kings and queens of Narnia but Lucy will ever be his friend first.

"Ah, that would explain it," Amy says. "Peter and Susan and Edmund and Lucy are from some time before Caspian."

She's not clear on just how much time, though enough for there to have been nine other Caspians, at the very least.

"I'm not Narnian myself," she adds.

"Yet you consider a Narnian a brother? Then I am quite honored to meet you,"

Time does odd twists here and they make Tumnus' head hurt.

"Yes. He and I adopted each other, years ago."

The way you do, of course.

"How marvelous. I hope that I will be able to meet him. Narnians are a rare sight here though I fear Fauns are even rarer,"

He smiles as he says it for there is a peace here he enjoys.

"He is recently returned after some time away, so perhaps you shall have the opportunity. I hope you will.

"I don't believe I've met a faun before. It's an honor."

"Thank you, but I'm simply a rather ordinary Faun. If I may ask, are you a queen, Amy?"

"Yes, but I'm a very Ordinary one," Amy says, with a smile.

"My husband is the king of a country called Ambergeldar."

"Oh, I'm afraid I don't quite understand how one can be an ordinary queen,"

Queens are queens and Lucy and Susan might have begun as girls but they are Queens of Narnia. Perhaps this has provided him an odd sense of what queens are like.

"Well, in my case, a fairy made me Ordinary as a present at my christening," Amy says.

"I also got Health, Cheerfulness, and Good Teeth."

Among other things.

"Have you found it a good present?"

It does seem like what a number of his friends in the forest would do. Fauns and Dryads at times can be well meaning but rather silly if given the chance.

"Heavens, yes," Amy says.

"I'd be so frightfully dull if I weren't Ordinary."

"You probably would be quite a different sort of queen as well. I am glad to know that I've met an Ordinary Queen and in my history of Narnia must see if there are any."

"I doubt I'd be a Queen, honestly, if I weren't Ordinary. I certainly wouldn't be Perry's Queen, and that wouldn't suit me at all."

Amy is very fond of her husband.

"Then all has happened as it should which is a fine thing. Will you tell me of your kingdom?"

"Of course," Amy says.

Queens tend to be willing to talk of their kingdoms.

"What would you like to know?"

"As you know of Narnia, could you tell me how it resembles and differs? Then from there, we shall find other paths. I am compiling a history of Narnia and would be honored to hear how you speak of your kingdom,"

It might help him find better ways to write of Narnia.

"Oh, goodness, I've never seen Narnia," Amy says.

"Let's see . . .

"I understand our Forest of Faraway is at least evocative of Narnia. Or so I'm told.

"We haven't the Talking Beasts the way you do, though we do have dragons who talk."

"Never, that is a great shame. Though I am glad that you can speak to your dragons. I haven't spoken to many but they still fly in Narnia."

"I've only met the one dragon. Norman. He's the Royal Dragon of Ambergeldar.

"Excellent palace security.

"And very fond of apple pastries."

"He sounds like a delightful dragon."

"We're very glad to have him," Amy says.

"And I think he likes us, too.

"He seems very fond of my daughter, at least.

"Susan is four, and I think everyone is very fond of her."

"It would be best if he did. That is a charming age. Do you have many children?"

Tumnus' favorite part of Spring is when all the children of Narnia come to dance in the trees.

"We have four," Amy says. "Susan and her younger brothers: Merriman, who we call Merry, and the twins, Caspian and Laurence."

"Your household must be busy and I hope full of laughter."

"Very busy," Amy says. "But even more full of laughter."

"Then it sounds like your palace and kingdom is a joyful one,"

Which is a lovely thought but all of those he's met here who know other Narnians have been kind.

Then he has been fortunate. Amy has met a person or two who have known other Narnians and been far from kind.

"Thank you," she says.

"And what would you tell me of Narnia, if I asked you to tell me of it?"

He doesn't like to think of how the White Witch was here, but even those who knew her were kinder than he expected,

"That it is flourishing as it should and has not for too many long years. Narnia's rulers are kind and constantly learning how they may best serve her and her people."

"Then you are fortunate," Amy says, easily.

"And if I asked you for a favorite sight or view or place, what would you describe to me?"

"The forest around my home and the Lantern Waste."

"All right," Amy says.

"And how would you describe it?"

"Peaceful, my family home is tucked away into the quiet part of the forest. In the summer, the ground is dappled with sunshine and I can watch the seasons change from my windows. At the Lantern Waste, the forest opens out into a meadow that feels hidden away unless you know it. I always smile when I see the Lantern's light for it means I'm almost home."

"Oh, it sounds absolutely lovely, Tumnus," Amy says.

"And you talk about it like it's home."

"It is. I love Cair Paravel and her views of the ocean along with my life there. That is my second home, but sometimes when I feel Spring in the air, I return to my home. My family has lived there for many long years and we have changed it and it has the scars of Narnia's trouble yet it still stands,"

It took time to rebuild it after the wolves attacked but it's whole again.

"Sometimes I feel that way about Ambergeldar," Amy says. "I love it, and it's beautiful, and I wouldn't trade my life there for anything, but . . . sometimes, I miss Phatasmorania, which is where I grew up."

"Is it close enough for you to visit?"

"Oh, yes. The next kingdom over.

"But there's not always a lot of time for a Queen to go visiting.

"Especially a Queen with four small children."

"Yes, I can see how that would pose a problem. It is lucky to have many homes but simpler when they are closer to each other,"

That is true of Tumnus' but he is sorry it's not true for Amy.

"Yes.

"Still, I cannot really complain."

"No, but you perhaps may hope for more chances to visit."

"And I do.

"Perhaps when the twins are a little older, we shall arrange a visit to their grandparents."

"That sounds like a wonderful idea as family is so dear."

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