Whether large or small in size, the families of Novella and Frith had been the most important things in their lives. It was no surprise that the two parents had encouraged these strong family values in their children as, it was perhaps only expected that both would have cancelled the trip entirely than leave their mother alone and unwell.
Equally however these strong family ties meant that Aslan had no problems allowing Varda to jump in at what seemed more like the last moment. Yes he had planned ahead, spoken to their father not long after the meeting that had inspired these ideas but that didn't matter to him. Had he known Varda felt guilty for her lack of participation in the planning process he would have certainly tried to banish such feelings, not wanting her to feel bad at all.
"You're welcome." He responded with a smile, confident that she would have done the same for him had the roles been reversed. "Well, there'll be more planning ahead whenever we can get the trip reorganised." He pointed out she could help them out then.
