I think you could make a good case for Digory and Polly. Polly wants to go along the ride, and refuses to use the ring to go back home to get food. And Digory reacts emotionally when the Witch suggests leaving Polly behind. And of course, we find out that they end up being close lifelong friends.

I don’t think this counts as quite the same thing, but this passage has always stood out to me:

But all the Talking Beasts surged round the Lion, with purrs and grunts and squeaks and whinneys of delight, fawning on him with their tails, rubbing against him, touching him reverently with their noses and going to and fro under his body and between his legs. If you have ever seen a little cat loving a big dog whom it knows and trusts, you will have a pretty good picture of their behaviour.”

 

I just really love this portrayal of the animals’ loyalty towards Aslan. How connected they feel towards him as fellow animals, and how safe they feel in his presence. And how Aslan willingly allows them to come around him, recognizing their loyalty. (The kitten-and-large-dog metaphor works very nicely, btw.)

It’s a beautiful moment that hasn’t been featured in either of the PC adaptations so far (to be fair, BBC wouldn’t have been able to pull it off at all), so I hope it’s featured in whatever new adaptation is made.

At the end of The Silver Chair Lewis emphasizes that Jill and Eustace were always friends. This is very different from the beginning of the book when Jill said that Eustace’s conduct was terrible, although she did notice that he had changed.  People who were not always friendly can later become friends. This is true even if they are critical of each as the two of them were several times throughout the book.  They were angry at each other but apparently they were able to get over it. I don’t think that the story would have been as realistic if they had always been nice to each other. 🙂