If others follow Loverble's example, this game will get in motion again. Choosing to be optimistic for the main plotline, I shall now advance the "law and order" subplot a bit _farther_ forward in time than the Hermit-quest scenario has so far gotten.
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Grodlork had the presence of mind, when he reached his people's encampment, to ask for Marlax and Arlanat, even though King Peter had forgotten to mention them when sending Grodlork off. Both of these had returned to the camp not long before, and both seemed just as genuinely stunned as anyone else to hear of Blinjarda's demise. Grodlork deemed it only fair to tell Marlax and Arlanat that they were considered suspects in the lesser matter of dangerous negligence on the hunt, but a living antelope's complaints now shrank in importance for all the Satyrs.
By the time Grodlork, Marlax, Arlanat, and some dozen other Satyrs of both sexes came to the scene of the murder, Snowpelt was with Peter again, reporting that the meadow had provided no clear clues. One of the men-at-arms, meanwhile, had found the arrow that had wounded Dranvalan; and it appeared to match the one that had slain Blinjarda.
"This is a dark day," Peter told all the Satyrs. "There has not been a premeditated murder this close to the capital for years. All signs argue that the murderer was one of your own kind; but you have the High King's word that no one will be accused hastily without a solid basis in evidence. All of you--except one, perhaps--should have every reason to cooperate with the investigation of Blinjarda's death. I cannot personally remain here indefinitely, since I am at present the only ruler available for the ongoing affairs of the government; but Vesta will take charge of carrying on the search for evidence until someone is assigned to relieve her. Snowpelt, and the men-at-arms who came with me, shall work for now under Vesta's supervision. All of you shall give them your cooperation."
Darkness was falling by the time Peter and Angela started back for Cair Paravel, with the pony Grodlork had borrowed trailing behind them; but the distance to cover was short enough to be a manageable ride. They allowed the horses to pick their own way; there was no sense in hurrying them and risking an accident.
Angela couldn't help wishing that her husband, rather than her brother-in-law, had been her companion on this return stretch by night. This thought led gradually to a thought which Angela decided to voice aloud:
"Peter, why is it that you never took a wife? A man like you, even apart from being a king, shouldn't have had any difficulty attracting a good one."
The High King drew several deep breaths before answering. "As you know, your husband was not yet old enough to have any interest in marriage at the time the four of us were crowned; so he felt no sense of missing out on anything--until Aslan's good time came, and he met you at just the right age to begin seriously courting. I, on the other hand, was old enough at least to feel attracted to girls at the time I became High King; but for the first three or four months, there _wasn't_ anyone within the borders of Narnia whom I _could_ have married. Humans hadn't started resettling in any numbers yet."
"There were Nymphs and similar humanoids, humanlike enough to have been able to relate to you and bear you children."
"Oh, I realize that _now;_ but back then, they seemed so alien and exotic to me, that I would have been scared to fall in love with one of them. So in those first months, I threw myself completely into learning my duties. Aslan was around frequently then, and I couldn't help noticing that _He_ never brought up the subject of my marrying and starting a family; so I didn't bring it up to Him either. And by the time things were stable, and I _could_ have married, I had already begun feeling strongly that it wasn't Aslan's will for me. I wasn't about to tell Edmund that he couldn't have the satisfaction of marrying you; but my own belief in my calling to be single kept growing firmer."
Angela digested this for a moment; then: "I'm starting to see what you mean. If Aslan had meant to found a dynasty through you Pevensies, then it would have been logical for Him to declare me a Queen when I married Edmund. After all, if two Queens, why not three? But...." Angela suddenly found that she did not want to follow further the direction this thought was leading.
Peter was sharing the thought. "I know, Angela. You're wondering whether Aslan will ever let you and Ed have your own children. You're wondering if you'll even get to have a full lifetime together. I've wondered about that for both of you ever since you and Ed were courting. The only answer I can offer you is to remind you that answers belong to Aslan. But if you should be deprived of the mortal joys you hope for, that won't change the fact that someday you and Ed _will_ be together for eternity."
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That is the last post I'm going to make in this RP until someone _else_ does something.