A/N: I'm too brain-dead to write an actual story, much as I'd like to... so you get a drabble instead.
Prompt: "Forgiveness is a form of voluntary suffering. In forgiving, rather than retaliating, you make a choice to bear the cost." ~ Tim Keller
Blood had been spilled. He saw it, placed his finger in the stains before they were scrubbed out of the stone.
His sisters relayed the story once to him and Peter. Afterward, they never spoke of it again except in passing. He never forgot a single word of what they or Aslan said.
As his rule began, he vowed to never let a crime slip by— but where possible, he also offered mercy. Grace. Even if it cost himself.
But he was still always fair. The just king.
Whenever he thought of Aslan, he knew there was no other option.
