Wonder
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He wonders why.
It isn't that he's a bad person, but it is a fact that he does not often go out of his way to help others unless he benefits from it. True, she is a pretty girl in a very wet dress, and admittedly it isn't everyday that a pretty girl, especially one in a very wet dress, shows up in his teashop. But it also isn't everyday that an Oyster escapes from the scarab, and now that that Oyster is standing in front of him, he has to make a decision.
Ratty says that she's the Alice of Legend. Frankly, he doesn't really believe it. It's been years since the revolution the last Alice brought on, and he knows for a fact that Oysters do not live that long. Still, something compels him to pay Ratty for her. Something compels him to help her, even though he knows all he has ever worked for is on the line with that decision. She doesn't trust him, that's easy to see. Fine. She doesn't have to trust him.
He knows that if he follows through until the end, she will trust him by then. He can wait. He may not understand why he is helping her but he now knows for sure that he is. After all, she is a pretty girl in a wet dress, and maybe, just maybe, she could turn out to be something more.