So it wasn't like stepping through the Gate on a mission, but for John, after being on one island for over two years this might as well have been like visiting another planet.
It was easy enough getting everyone together, and even the trip over on the Dawn Treader was easy enough to bear (open water was easier to take when he was thousands of miles above it). The new island didn't look all that big, but what Caspian had to say was promising enough.
Finally setting foot on the new island was a little thrilling, abandoned villages, wrecked boats, dead bodies and all. It gave them all something to do, and as he watched everyone move out, John was pretty sure they all felt the same way.
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