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[deserved_it]

Eustace enters from outside, shaking snow off his hair, cheerful and red-cheeked. He heads for the Bar for tea, and then for the fire.

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[kitchen_maid]

Thinking face. Forehead all wrinkled. No good icon for that, though.

"Well, have you ever seen him do anything embarassing that's nickname worthy?"

[deserved_it]

"Nothing springs to mind, no.

". . .X?"

[kitchen_maid]

It takes Amy a second, because that joke is hard to get when you hear it that when you see it.

And then she giggles. "That might work," she says.

[deserved_it]

He smiles. "Doesn't have the same ring as Sulky. Even I'll admit that."

[kitchen_maid]

"Well, no. But it has the advantage of still being applicable. So he can't really object."

[deserved_it]

He laughs. "It does, at that."

[kitchen_maid]

"I think I rather like it," she says, decidedly.

"And if that fails, you can ask him about his horse, which could prove suitably embarassing."

[deserved_it]

There is intrigued eyeing.

"His horse?"

[kitchen_maid]

Amy nods. "Not Kiseki, his other horse."

Beat.

"Killer."

[deserved_it]

". . .Killer."

[kitchen_maid]

Amy nods again, and if Caspian were here, he'd probably find the smile a little alarming.

"Killer," she repeats. "His warhorse."

[deserved_it]

As Caspian is not here, Eustace takes the mischief in her eyes as a good sign.

"Yes? What sort of warhorse?"

[kitchen_maid]

Caspian would probably now find the smile more than a little alarming.

"A pink one."

Beat.

"About so tall." She indicates the appropriate height for a My Little Pony.

Another beat.

"With glitter."

[deserved_it]

"..."

Eustace breaks down laughing.

Eventually -- ". . .pink?"

[kitchen_maid]

"Pink. With a green mane and tail."

Amy actually has a perfectly straight face. Through a great deal of effort, but perfectly straight.

"He was a gift."

[deserved_it]

Eustace tries, once, to school his face into some semblance of seriousness.

And then she says "green mane and tail" and he loses it again.

"From who, may I ask?"

[kitchen_maid]

"Me," she says, and her tone implies that that should be the single most obvious thing in any world.

Also, the straight face? Pretty much gone.

[deserved_it]

"Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant."

Said between laughs.

[kitchen_maid]

"Well, he had told me he wanted a horse of his own. And then someone gave it to me, and I didn't want a horse, especially, so . . ."

Amy's eyes are actually starting to water from all the laughing.

[deserved_it]

He shakes his head, and manages a weak, "Wonderful."

[kitchen_maid]

Amy just grins.

"Well, when next you see my royal brother, you shall have to ask him for an introduction. He seems to carry Killer about with him, for some reason. I assume it's in case he needs to suddenly ride off to battle."

Take a moment to appreciate that image.

[deserved_it]

Eustace grins back.

"Oh, I assure you, I will."

. . .Be afraid, Caspian.