Aslan smiles again -- a more solemn expression, this time, at the subject matter at hand.

"There are those who do not see beauty in the world or wonder at its majesty. In times past, I have been called a demon - or as some would have it, the 'foul fiend of Narnia'."

There was no love lost between Narnians and Calormene, and on the First Day of Narnia's existence, Jadis would have just as soon seen the world smashed to pieces than allow a power to exist over her own. It is not strange, and it is not uncommon. Free Will had wrought as much beauty as it has tragedy.

Quietly, he nudges her again with a great paw.

"Your heart was made glad upon seeing me, and so mine also rejoiced. That is nothing to apologize for."