27. What makes them sad? Do they cry regularly? Do they cry openly or hide it? What are they like they are sad?
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because of susan's sweet and gentle nature, various things make susan sad. she gets sad when she sees her loved ones injured or ill, or when they are unhappy. she gets sad letting others down, or when others let her down, and she gets sad when, as a child, the grown-ups around her look at her as childish. one example of a time she got sad was when she beat trumpkin in their archery match, because he had already lost in her eyes from what the telmarine's did to him. after her first trip to narnia, she was sad fairly often because of losing her family in narnia - though she had become quite skilled at masking this.
after the war started, susan would cry herself to sleep at least three nights a week for for fear of her father's safety. after she came back from narnia the first time, susan would cry quite regularly, at first openly around her siblings, but she soon learned to do so in private only - and she found many ways to mask the evidence. as susan aged on earth, she had come to believe that crying openly meant that she was childish so she became quite skilled at hiding it, even after the deaths of her parents and siblings.
when susan is sad, she usually draws deeply into herself and becomes very quiet. at times, she can also become snappy with those closer to her when she is sad. most often, in addition to becoming very quiet, susan will also act in a "mechanical" manner, doing things without even thinking about it.