A relic of Aslan--of course! The mane-fur that was CUT OFF OF HIM when He came to the Stone Table! I know of no other fan-fictioner who's thought of that.
You're far more elegent than I in things I'm still searching for succinct ways to clarify my viewpoints. This whole "libertarian, my morality is my own" lesson has been interesting for me.
John, your post on Wind in the Willows about Pan the Piper being a Christ symbol has made me want to read it... I just finished my latest Jack London book and was wondering where to go next (there are literally so many great books and so little time), and I think you have directed me to my next classic. I don't know why I've never read anything by Graham before, and knowing to look for something deeper in that children's classic has been very helpful. Thanks for the post!
Shakespeare said that misfortunes come "not as single spies, but in battalions." Now, if my daughter HAS tried to call my cellphone, she would not have been able to get through, because the TRAITOR phone has chosen for no reason to freeze itself on a meaningless "Insert SIM" prompt.
If you believe Telmar was a sovereign country AT the time of the Pevensie disappearance, you will have to decide if that generation of Telmarines made things better or worse.