"Might be an even bigger job if you had humans around," he mutters sepulchrally. "I reckon we don't always get along great with animals."

Uh, wait, he didn't mean that to come out badly. "I mean, I try to, sir."

"I guess you're the king of 'em all? That's what lions do, right?" Geez, maybe he should've bowed or something. He doesn't seem to have irritated him yet, though. Perhaps Aslan is just a calm, easygoing lion. "Um, my name is Cricket. D'you have a name I should call you, or should I say 'your highness' or somethin'?"