It's adorable is what it is. He is the smallest thing ever, and an aspiring little prince. There was no way she wouldn't be smiling. She probably couldn't make herself stop, evening watching, as Merry was swept up and loved upon by his mother.

Marian nodded to the young princess at her announcement, quite amused at the certainty of it and letting the small hand catch in her with no fight. She stood, slowly, giving her mostly undivided attention to Susan.

"Perhaps, you will show me the way, then? I have not yet seen this garden of yours, though I must assume it is gorgeous if it is to fit in with the rest of your beautiful castle."