Poor Aslan certainly seemed quite put on the spot as Frith tried to prompt him for some sort of response to all of this. Novella couldn't help but smile at the stunned expression still upon his features and the answer he gave certainly wasn't quite what Frith had been looking for it seemed. Varda too, a little more adjusted would try and encourage him to speak only making the small smile grow a little wider on the mother's face.
"It's alright, he doesn't have to say anything just yet." Novella pointed out. "Though I do hope you're a little more talkative when they're here, or are you going to leave all that teaching to Varda?" Her own little encouragement now, giving him something to talk about. She was almost certain that he too would want to help his younger siblings learn.