Back upstairs, Tilly heard the sound of the two lions heading up the corridor, and could feel from their emotion that something good had happened. There was only one good thing she was waiting for just then though. She had kept talking to Dill and updating the doctor, and she could tell he was getting close to waking. His presence was stronger but still confused, although the drugs he was on could explain that.
'Come on lazy. It's time to wake up now, you've been lying there long enough. Some of us have better things to do than sit here waiting for you. Open your eyes for me.' she gave the doctor a weak smile, and he returned one that was mean to reassure her, but didn't really help. Suddenly her attention was fully back on Dill. She felt almost a surge in his presence, as though he had h
