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I have two heads but only one body, the more still I stand the faster I run.
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"Whose there!" a voice grumbled from the darkness, a faint light from a lantern breaking through the black. Hatter and Alice pressed themselves against the cave wall, the sharp rocks digging into their backs. The light was getting closer, only a faint shadow protecting them from whoever was searching. At first, Alice couldn't see anything. The light blinded her, her eyes too used to the darkness, but it soon faded and a man came into view. He was old, gangly and seemed a bit clumsy. His hair was coal black and stood on end, the first thing that came to mind was Doc from Back to the Future, he also had a Dumbledore like beard, only it was white, not black like his hair. He was wearing a dark green cloak with red trimmings, but he wasn't holding the lantern. Instead, it walked beside him, making slight squeaking sounds as it bent down on its 'knees' with every step.
"Who goes there!" he called again, pushing his rectangular glasses back up his face as they slid down. Alice, deciding for herself to come out of hiding, moved out of the shadow.
"Hello?" she called, holding her arm up over her eyes from the brightness of the light as she walked forward, out of the shadow. Hatter tried to stop her, reaching over to grab her poncho but she was already gone. The old man, leaned forward, scrunching up his eyes before taking off his glasses and cleaning them on his cloak. When he finally reapplied them, a look of recognition spread across his face.
"A human!" he exclaimed joyfully, running over and shaking her hand with both hands and a lot of force for such a frail looking man, rather quickly as well. "It is truly an honour to meet a human!" he said, still shaking her hand vigorously. Alice smiled in confusion yet was happy that the man seemed good enough; hopefully he wasn't happy for the wrong reasons. "Why I don't think we've had a human here for...over 200 years!" he chortled, still not letting go of her hand. "What's your name child?" he asked, finally letting go.
"Um, well I'm Alice" she said, turning to where Hatter still resided in shadow. "And my friend in the shadows is Hatter." The old man looked over Alice's shoulder to see Hatter appearing from the shadows.
"Ah yes," the man grinned. "Mr Hatter, I've heard about you're tea shop. I would have gone but," he motioned to the cave around him. "I'm not very fond of leaving the cave and you probably saw why on the way. Jabberwock problem?" he asked, knowingly and with a grin. Hatter scoffed.
"You don't know the half of it." Alice noted the slight glare that came from Hatter but ignored him and turned back to the man.
"Um, sorry Mr?" Alice questioned. The man looked at her for a second before he hit his forehead.
"Of course, sorry I've not yet introduced myself. I am Tobias Sect, High Wizard." He bowed low, his white beard curling up on the floor as he did. Alice smiled and nodded.
"Pleased to meet you." She said.
"Charmed." Hatter muttered as he brushed off his coat and hat. Squeaking came from beside Tobias, the lantern jumping up and down, like a puppy who wanted attention.
"A yes!" Tobias exclaimed. "This is Lux Rumblerow."
"He's a light." Hatter stated, walking forward so he stood beside Alice.
"Exactly, Lux." Tobias said, not giving any other answer apart from that.
"So!" he clasped his hands together. "Now introductions are over, can I ask why a human such as yourself is in Wonderland of all places?"
"It was an accident. I'm trying to get home, Hatter is guiding me." Alice explained. Tobias nodded. "Very good. Very good." He said, "But before you go you must be hungry and tired, that Jabberwock is still outside and probably won't move for a while. I was just about to put dinner on. You're welcome to join us." Tobias smiled, Lux jumping up and down again and, from what Alice could tell, nod repeatedly.
"We would love that. Wouldn't we Hatter?...Hatter!" Alice elbowed Hatter who was looking away, seeming bored with his surroundings.
"Yeah, sure." Hatter replied.
"Well come on then!" he shouted, turning and waving them over. "No need to dillydally." Alice chuckled, and glared at Hatter when she saw his hard look. Elbowing him again, she went to follow Tobias.
"What's with you?" she whispered angrily, leaning close to Hatter so he could hear her. "Tobias is helping us and all you're doing is sulking." Hatter grabbed her arm before she could get much further, dragging her closer to him so he could whisper.
"I don't trust him." He said. Alice scoffed.
"Come on. He's a batty old man. Stop being so judgemental." Alice scolded, trying to move again, but still Hatter wouldn't let go.
"The last thing I heard about the High Wizards was that they died out years ago, now one magically appears as you come to Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts is after you? Not a chance. I say we skedaddle out of here before we end up in the Queen of Hearts jailhouse, or worse. On her chopping block." He went to drag her out the cave but Alice hit his hand and pulled back.
"No! Look Hatter, he's an old man. And anyway, if we wanted to leave we can't because there's a giant Jabberwock sitting outside waiting for us." Alice reasoned. Hatter held out his hands.
"I'd rather take my chances with it than the Queen of Hearts." His hands falling down to his sides. It was silent for a couple of seconds, the two companions staring each other down.
"I'm staying." Alice stated finally, staring at him steadily. Hatter looked away, looking hurt as he held out his hands.
"Fine! Get yourself attacked by The Queen, see if I care!" he shouted as Alice followed Tobias.
"Fine!" she screamed back.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Both Hatter and Alice groaned in annoyance as they walked away, Hatter's stride long at first but getting slower and slower the closer he got to the exit of the cave.
"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough". The small voice came from under Hatter's hat, soft snores following every couple of phrases. Hatter finally came to a stop, sighing deeply.
"I hate it when you're right." Hatter mumbled, Dormouse's reply only a louder snore than usual. Kicking the ground in irritation at being beaten by a girl, a human girl no less, Hatter turned and walked back towards Alice.
He shouldn't have brought Dormouse.
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"There was one time." Tobias said, starting on another story as Alice smiled and listened carefully. "During my childhood when one of the more rouge wizards was one the run from our guards. Everyone was paranoid as this wizard was the known cause of many deaths in the District. Well," he began to laugh in the memory. "Well, one day, while I was practicing one of the spells my teacher had taught me, he ran past, the guards quite a bit away. I knew they weren't going to catch him so I threw the first spell I could think of at him." Alice smiled in amusement as the old wizard told his story, his face lighting up in happiness. "I tried to freeze him, but I got my spell mixed up like I had been doing all morning. Instead of a freezing's spell, I cast dissolving spell - you see there's very little difference between the two apart from two letters, but that's beside the point. Instead of dissolving the wizard himself, it dissolved his clothes. Unfortunately for him he was running towards the centre of town at the time. I don't think he realised what had happened until he saw people were laughing at him." He explained.
"What did he do?" Alice asked as she covered her mouth to try and stop the laughter enough to speak.
"In the end he handed himself in. He had been totally embarrassed in front of almost the entire wizard race. It was highly unlikely anyone would take him seriously anymore. Ended up getting my wizarding licence for that." He sighed happily. "Even if I did get the spell wrong." He chuckled. They'd been sitting listening to Tobias' stories for almost an hour now and Alice's perception had been proven right. He was a batty old man. But full of humorous and amazing stories that Alice drank in. It was better than reading a book, seeing the emotions that appeared on his face at the memory and how Wonderland truly was. It was like every book she'd ever read put into one world. Wizards, Monsters, Kings, Queens, animated lanterns, talking hares, a crazy shop owner... she'd only been there for a day and seen and heard so much. Sighing in content Tobias slapped his knees and looked to Alice.
"Did you enjoy your food?" Tobias asked Alice. After attempting and failing to make conversation with Hatter at least seven times Tobias had given up trying to speak to him, instead relying on Alice to speak for him. Alice nodded, and smiled.
"It was lovely, thank you." And it had been, the wizard wasn't as incompetent as he first seemed and made out to be. The second he asked if Alice was hungry he'd already conjured up some sort of vegetables and fruits, cooked and ready to be eaten. She didn't even have to tell him about her diet. He even had fresh pineapple, her favourite fruit. She felt guilty - like she always did in the company of others- when she ate almost half of what was there but Tobias seemed pleased and urged her to eat as much as she liked. For a batty old man from another dimension, he was friendlier than most people she'd met.
"Very good, very good. Now," he started, clasping his hands together and smiling at the two. "How about you tell me what you're looking for, it's not every day two travellers past my cave." He said, Lux squeaking in the background having fallen asleep half an hour ago, having heard Tobias' stories before.
"We're going to the Looking Glass." Alice said, ignoring Hatter's glaring. "Do you know how we could get past the Jabberwock?" Tobias sat in thought for a couple of moments, staring into the fire they sat around as if it held his answers.
"Hmm, well I've never tried so I wouldn't know exactly. But hopefully the wretched beast will be gone by tomorrow so you should be able to leave then." Tobias looked up to Alice. "And I would recommend getting to the Glass as fast as possible; humans don't tend to live long in Wonderland." Alice nodded, pictures of the screaming Queen of Hearts she saw in storybooks her mum bought her flashing through her head.
"If it's so easy to get passed the Jabberwock then why haven't you left this cave?" Hatter asked, looking at the caves ceiling with false interest. Tobias chuckled, rubbing his hands together beside the flames to warm them.
"The Queen of Hearts is after my kind. For reasons I cannot say, she is after us. I also happen to know that if the Queen of Hearts got her hands on me, well...let's just say that I don't think you would have even made it this far." he smiled softly, yet sadness clouded his eyes.
"Can't say or won't?" Hatter asked, finally looking to the wizard. Tobias smiled softly at Hatter, like a caring granddad.
"Can't. A spell was put on me long ago. I cannot utter the reason for the Queen's interest to anyone until necessary." The cave was silent, the sparking of wood and Lux squeaking all that was heard, creating a silence that Alice felt was awkward. Finally, Tobias sighed and slapped his hands down on his knees, looking around.
"Well, that's enough chatter for now. If you don't mind I think I'll hit the hay. There are mattresses laid out beside the left wall for the two of you when you want to sleep. Goodnight Alice, Hatter." He nodded to Hatter, who again was refusing to give eye contact. Tobias whistled a random tune as he moved further into the cave, the whistling stopping for about five minutes before turning into snores, signalling he was asleep.
"Look," Alice said, turning to Hatter angrily. "I know that you're character in the book was rude but I didn't think you'd be this rude in real life." She shook her head in disbelief. "I mean, he's part of your world and you trust me more than him?" she asked. "Yeah, great judgement." Hatter clenched his fists, trying to control his anger.
Think happy thoughts Hatter. Think happy thoughts.
"You're a human." He explained as he calmed down. "You have no way to defend yourself here, unlike him, if he really is a wizard. He could kill you if he wanted and no one would be the wiser." Hatter's tone worried Alice; it was too calm and soft for the way his fist was clenched and jaw tight.
"Well he hasn't has he?" she asked sharply, fed up with his accusations. "In fact he's been nothing but courteous while you've been the biggest ass in history. " Alice was huffing now, her words getting faster, more strung together and harder to understand. "What do you have against Wizards anyway?" she asked.
It was silent for quite a while; only the crackling of the fire and Tobias' soft snoring heard echoing in the cave.
"It's said," Hatter started. "That meeting a High Wizard, a lone High Wizard and sharing his home brings bad luck on travellers." He turned to her, his hair a mess from running his hand through it in an attempt to calm down. "As in, 'you're not going to survive' bad luck." Alice turned to Hatter with a faint smile on her face.
"I didn't take you as superstitious type." She said. Hatter shrugged.
"Yeah, well usually I'm not. But I didn't believe humans could appear my shop either and look where that landed me." He chuckled, taking off his hat and running a hand through his hair. "What about you?" he asked, looking down on his hat. "You superstitious?" Alice shook her head.
"Not really. I enjoy reading books and things but I never really believed in superstitions or fairy-tales." She shrugged her shoulders, focusing on the fire. Hatter chuckled.
"Lucky you." He muttered. Alice looked around, watching the fire, something so mundane that it made her think she wasn't in Wonderland again. But when she thought to the creature that just chased them into the cave and Lux, everything she'd seen so far... she had to be.
"But "Alice In Wonderland" is just a children's book." She said, looking down with a look of confusion and fear. Hatter looked to her, instantly feeling guilty for shouting at her earlier. She was in a strange world and so far, much to Hatter's dismay as he wanted to be a hero, she was coping rather well. Minus the total denial earlier. Sighing he scooted closer to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Just because it's a story doesn't mean it can't happen." Hatter said, trying to comfort her. Although, seeing as he spent most of his time drinking tea and hanging around with March and Dormouse his ability to comfort human women was slightly lacking, meaning it was more an awkward hug more than anything else. Alice chuckled, and scratched her head.
"So, "Alice In Wonderland" actually happened then?" she asked in disbelief.
"Pfft," Hatter scoffed. "Of course not. Nothing in that book has ever happened." He looked over to her slowly, grinning widely. "Yet." Alice looked up in thought.
"So Lewis Carroll just happened to write about something that actually existed?" Alice asked. Hatter let out a thoughtful sigh and pursed his lips as he twirled his hat, trying to think of the best way to explain it.
"What if," he started thoughtfully, "I told you... that it was that book that made Wonderland?" He questioned turning to Alice. Alice frowned and shook her head.
"That makes no sense. A book can't create a world." She started.
"But Wonderland doesn't make sense Alice." Hatter explained, talking quickly as his knowledge of Wonderland shone through. "Wonderland runs of the human's belief that we exist, without that Wonderland withers. Human imagination is a powerful thing Alice." He stated, staring at her steadily as Alice watched him thoughtfully.
"Then," she started slowly, "why don't you just tell human's you exist." Alice asked. Hatter chuckled under his breath as he shook his head.
"If we did that then there wouldn't be belief just knowledge. Ever heard the saying 'knowledge is power'?" he asked raising his eyebrows. Alice nodded.
"Same concept." He said. "Every time a Human finds something that it doesn't understand it kills it. Just take a look at the baby Jabberwock that was found in Panama.[1] A couple of human children beat it to death because they thought it was an alien. How lovely you human's are." His voice dripped sarcasm as he put his hat back on his head and looked away, leaning his elbows on his knees.
"If we told human's we existed," he began again, turning his head slightly so he could see her, but not face her. "Wonderland would totally dissolve. Magic works through the idea of magic, the idea of magical creatures running around under human noses. Not knowledge, knowledge destroys magic." Alice watched Hatter with a soft gaze, frowning as she thought. Something was going on in Wonderland, or at least had been for a while. An entire race of Wizards dying out, Hatter worrying over her safety, the March Hare going crazy when he saw her. Not to mention the fact that the Queen of Hearts may or may not be coming after her.
She felt nerves creeping up her spine and her stomach, making her feel sick and causing her to wrap her arms around her. What are you thinking Alice, her inner voice said. You can barely walk down the street at home without panicking, what do you thinks going to happen here?
Alice took in a deep breath, trying to calm herself down and stop herself hyperventilating. Panic attack. She'd had plenty of them before, but they usually only happened in crowded areas like shopping centres and cities. Never for no reason. She continued taking in deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself down, as she always did when one surfaced. Just look at yourself, he said to herself. Already having a panic attack over the thought of Wonderland's inhabitants. Grow up!
A hand touching her shoulder snapped her out of the sudden attack, causing her to snap her head to the direction of the culprit.
"Uh?" she said, looking up in a daze. Hatter loomed above her, with a concerned look.
"You okay Alice? You look a little sick." He said, feeling her head for fever.
"I'm fine." She replied, smiling softly. "Just tired." Hatter nodded slowly, not believing her for a second.
"Well, we better get some sleep. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow, that Jabberwock put us behind schedule." Nodding her head and yawning Alice agreed, standing to go over to her 'bed'.
She lay on the surprisingly soft mattress under the blue blanket, staring at the rugged stonewalls she faced with tired eyes, her arms wrapped around herself as if it would prevent another attack or save her from whatever would come after her in the night. Tobias' words from earlier echoed in her head as she thought back on her sudden attack.
I would recommend getting to the Glass as fast as possible; humans don't tend to live long in Wonderland. The thought of death passed fleetingly across Alice's mind but she quickly dismissed it.
No, the only death threat issued is from the Queen of Hearts, Alice thought, Wonderland itself can't be trying as well.
Can it?
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Alice and Hatter woke up to the sounds of Tobias wandering around, dropping several pots and pans on his way to the fire that had continued to burn brightly through the night. Alice sat up suddenly, expecting an attack of some sort, either from the Jabberwock or Queen of Hearts that had continued to chase her as she slept, leaving her just as exhausted as when she went to bed.
"Oh," Tobias said as he saw she was awake. "I'm sorry if I woke you." He apologized, picking up the pans with the help of Lux. Alice didn't answer for a while, trying to get rid of the fuzz from sleep that hovered over her head. Shaking her head a final time, finally releasing the fog, she smiled at Tobias.
"No, I was already awake." She lied easily, unable to be mad at the old man. Hatter, however, didn't take as kindly as Alice did to the early wake up. He moaned, irritated, before hiding under the blanket, only his hand sneaking out to grab his hat that had rolled away in the night. Alice glared at the unmoving form that was Hatter before getting up, stretching her tired muscles and watching as Tobias started making breakfast.
"I hope you like eggs." He said, conjuring several and breaking them into the pan that Lux held over the open fire. The eggshells were given to Lux, who gobbled them down happily.
"Couldn't you use magic to do that?" she asked after watching him for a while. Tobias nodded.
"Of course, but a little manual labour now and then does this old wizard some good." He smiled. Alice nodded softly, looking around the cave. She could tell it was day light now, a little light from the opening of the cave was visible, shining onto Hatter, irritating him even more. Finally he gave up on more sleep and, like an angry child, huffed and puffed himself awake, scratching his head, sending his already messed up hair into an even bigger mess.
"What time is it?" he yawned, stretching. Tobias shrugged.
"Around eight in the morning." He replied. "Give or take a few hours." Hatter let out a scoff.
"Give or take a few hours indeed." He muttered, brushing off his hat before sticking it on his head.
"Is the Jabberwock gone?" he asked, looking around, yawning again. Tobias nodded, looking over to the caves entrance as Lux added seasoning to the eggs.
"Looks and sounds like it. Jabberwocky's are dim creature, they won't stalk their food." Tobias said, going back to making the eggs. Hatter nodded and stood stretching once more as he did so.
"How about you?" he asked Alice, walking over to her. "You okay? You kept tossing and turning in your sleep." Hatter said, sitting beside her on the make shift driftwood bench. Alice shrugged, not wanting to talk about the nightmares; she continued to have that night.
"Fine, still a bit tired but fine. You?" Hatter went to answer but Tobias butted in.
"Breakfast is served!" he exclaimed, handing Alice a plate first then Hatter, Lux already eating away happily at his eggs.
They ate in silence, Hatter still in a mood about being woken up so early. Hatter finished before either of them, taking off to the entrance of the cave mumbling what Alice believed was.
"Going to see if the Jabberwocky's gone." Gone before Alice could say anything. He still didn't trust him?
Letting out an angry sigh, Alice shook her head and went back to eating, thinking over the question she'd been thinking about since last night.
"Tobias," Alice started, finally getting up the courage to say something.
"Hm?" Tobias looked up through his rectangular glasses, smiling lightly.
Just leave it. She said to herself. You'll sound stupid of you're wrong.
"When you said," Alice said, ignoring herself. "That human's don't survive long here. You were talking about the Queen of Hearts coming after me, weren't you?" she asked, hoping that it was a yes. Tobias stopped eating all together, looking down at his food thoughtfully then sighed.
"Is there something wrong Alice?" he questioned, frowning ever so slightly. His words took Alice a back. How could he tell? Smiling softly he began eating again.
"No need to say anything. I was hop-"he stopped before he said anything else. His head snapped up, facing the entrance to the cave with blank eyes. Alice watched with a strange mixture of horror and fascination as she watched his dark brown eyes fog over, now turning a swirling milky grey.
"Hatter!" she exclaimed, the pitch of her voice getting higher towards the end of the word. Hatter was quickly by her side, skidding to a stop and toppling over backwards as he saw Tobias' eyes.
"Holy shit!" he exclaimed, skidding to the ground. "What's wrong with him!" he asked Alice. She turned to him incredulously.
"How the hell should I know? He's a Wonderlander should you know!" she shouted back pushing his shoulder. Hatter held out his hands, one pointing to Tobias who had began muttering incoherent words.
"Well, s-o-o-rry your highness, but High Wizards have been extinct for the past 150 years! I haven't exactly had the chance to talk to one and ask it what to do when they go crazy!" he exclaimed. Alice let out an irritated groan and knelt down beside Tobias, trying to snap him back to them.
"Tobias?" Alice asked, patting his bearded face. Lux had begun to panic and was bouncing up and down as he looked over his master. Alice strained to listen to what he was muttering but it seemed to be in a different language, a spell maybe?
"What's he saying Hatter?" Alice asked, looking up to a worried looking Hatter. He shook his head and opened and closed his mouth several times, unable to verbalise anything.
"I-"his voice was weak, confused. "I don't know." He said finally, shaking his head. Alice let out a shaking breath, trying to calm herself down.
Not now Alice. Not now!
"Ah!" Tobias gasped, lunging forward and holding his stomach. Alice turned to him quickly, supporting his weight. He continued breathing erratically, his eyes still glazed over.
"Hatter, this doesn't-"
"She's coming." Tobias gasped out, cutting Alice off. Alice frowned in confusion. She was coming?
"Shit!" Hatter exclaimed, grabbing Alice's arm.
"Wha...what?" Alice stuttered out, Tobias collapsing onto his knees as her support was taken away. "Hatter!" Alice shouted. "What are you doing! What's going on?"Hatter was muttering to himself, his grip on her wrist getting harder.
"We have to leave now." He said, not looking back.
"What's going on Hatter!" she shouted, yanking her hand out of his iron grip, stumbling back. Hatter stopped and glared darkly at her, trying to control his fear and anger.
"It's the Queen of Hearts." He said breathlessly. "She knows your here now and she's after you. We have to leave, now. Before the card guards get here." Hatter's words had faded out after he said the Queen knew she was there, Alice's thoughts going a hundred miles per hour.
"Tobias." She breathed.
"What?" Hatter asked, but it was too late, as she'd already sprinted back down the cave Tobias. "A- Alice!" he called after her. Jumping from foot to foot, he wavered for a bit. Leave her and run Hatter! His cowardly side screamed. Go get her! He moaned in annoyance as his conscious screamed back. He waited like that for a couple more seconds before running down the cave to Alice.
"Alice!"
He found her with Tobias, trying to lift him from his spot on the driftwood.
"Alice! What are yo-"she cut him off.
"Help me lift him." She said, her arm under his as she tried to lift him. Hatter did so without question, not wanting to spend any longer arguing. Tobias didn't budge.
"He isn't moving Alice." Hatter sang as he tried to lift him off the seat. Realising that it was fruitless Alice let go and stood back.
"It's like he's stuck there." She panted, scratching her head. "What are we going to do?" she asked softly. Hatter looked behind him, still bouncing from foot to foot.
"I would personally say run, but that's just me." He chuckled nervously.
"We can't just leave him Hatter!" she shouted. "You heard what he said. The Queen of Hearts can't get her hands on him." Alice exclaimed, Hatter flapping his hands as if she was being ridiculous.
"Well we can't bring him if he doesn't want to move!" he shouted back, fidgeting and nervous. When Alice didn't move, Hatter ran over to her and dragged her along.
"They won't hurt him Alice." He stated as she began to shout. "They're after us, not him." Alice was silent.
"I don't like leaving him." She mumbled as he pulled her along, looking back to Lux who sat down beside his master. Hatter chuckled nervously, clasping her hand in an attempt to comfort her.
"Yeah, well I don't like the Queen of Hearts, jail and dying. So I think my worries are a bit greater than a nutty Wizard."
"What if the Queen gets him Hatter?" she asked, her pace getting slower. As she began to drag her feet, Hatter let out what seemed to be an angry growl and turned to Alice, grabbing her by the shoulders.
"Look at me Alice." He demanded angrily, grabbing her attention instantly. His tone scared her, she wasn't sure she liked this side of Hatter. "The Queen is after you¸" he stated. "Not Tobias. She can't seem to find him at the moment so the only reason she's sent her guards here is because you are here. We move and the guards will follow. If we bring him and he'll most likely me in more danger because he's with you. "Even as Hatter spoke, Alice knew it was the truth. So this is competent Hatter. She thought. I don't like it.
He looked at her steadily with dark brown eyes, watching for a reaction to his words that he could work with. "Now come on." He tugged at her shoulders and she followed him without question this time.
"I don't like leaving him." She murmured again, no longer looking back but forward. Hatter let out a sad sigh, refusing to look at Alice, knowing that he'd just see sadness.
"I know." He said, nodding. "I know."
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[1] – Go to my profile for a link to the story. I would out it here but links never seem to work here.
