Edmund to Susan, or

BellatrixTheStar to BrokenKestral

Dear Susan,

I'm jolly glad America is bringing you joy, though it sounds rather chaotic!

I'm afraid to say staying with the Scrubbs is just as awful as you would think. They are vegetarians but not only do they refuse to eat meat themselves, but they refuse to let me or Lucy eat it either! Lucy even offered to buy and cook it herself, but they didn't listen. You would think being a minority group would make them more tolerant of other's ideals, but Aunt Alberta and Uncle Harold are as immovable by our rational arguments as ever. And I shouldn't even get started on that record stinker Eustace or I'll write something I will regret later. Suffice to say he tries his very hardest to make our lives miserable. But it's not all bad, we get a few moments to ourselves every so often, and speaking of grumpy dwarves and a certain Lion is all the more pleasant for its scarceness.

I think it's wonderful there are finally some people your age to socialise with, like you said, everyone back here in England has someone they lost and there aren't many people our age. From what you have written, I'm sure your lack of conversation will soon be satisfied by many new companions, with or without me. I however, depend on your correspondence for a welcome relief to all Aunt Roberta's talk of progressive teetotallers. All things in moderation I must agree, but I fear arguing for absence will not go well among the working class.

I wish I was with Father at a university, or even at school, but the summer holidays give me barely any excuse to go out. You will have to tell me about anything interesting you hear of, as I am curious and desperate for news outside our new mundane routine.

Mother has always liked working with her hands, maybe that's why she took war work as a bus driver when we were sent away. In any case, an active hobby like gardening might be well received, though I have no concept of your accommodation, so it may not be possible.

Peter recently sent a missive and seems to be thriving with Professor Kirk. He has plenty of quiet and whenever he has a question, the Professor is unsurprisingly very helpful. The only problem I know of is their diverting to tangents whenever a conversation is struck up!

I apologise for all my complaining, and wish you the very best as you go on your exciting adventure abroad.

Your brother,
Edmund