Then [Jesus] said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe." (John 20:27) "Now, Bree," [Aslan] said, "you poor, proud, frightened Horse draw near. Nearest still, my son. Do not dare not to dare. Touch me. Smell me. Here are my paws, here is my tail, these are my whiskers. I am true Beast" (The Horse and His Boy 201).