Indeed, he did, and indeed, he is. Aslan has always been larger than the average lion -- brighter and more vivid even than the Talking Lions of Narnia. That is fitting, in its way, since he is the father of them all.

Aslan's smile softens at her wonderment.

"It is not common in many worlds, I think, for beasts to speak with the tongues of Men."

He has heard tell of some, but not very many.

"I am different from most lions you might encounter."