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[ Alice has been trying to draw in her sketchpad for a while now and it's clear from how wrinkled the piece of paper is, that she's tried to draw on it to no avail. It's been erased numerous times. Right beside her are her imp and her rabbit, as always. She's been quiet at the villa, she's locked herself up acting stranger than before. ]

How funny it is when the mind brings so many images and memories that it cannot even transfer onto a sheet of paper. I know what I see, but it cannot go through my fingertips and onto my paper, unlike so many times before.

[ By the tone of her voice, she means more than that. Guarded as ever, Alice will not say what it is, other than she reluctantly places her pencil down on the paper. Art blocks are terrible, and they're more terrible than before. ]

I am sorry... for my absence. Please don't think of me as silly, but I lost a good companion of my mine. My mare. My horse. I took her in after my first battle, when her owner had fallen. I loved her dearly, she was my friend, too, as much as anyone else I know here.

[ Alice says this while trying not to cry. ]

I loathe to think of another animal as a replacement, but seeing as it is a necessity, I have no other choice. She had fallen in battle when I separated from the others.

[ When she went on her rampage after the Jabberwock, though she's not going to say that. Alice just rubs her rabbit's ears instead while looking at her blank paper. ]

I can try and buy one, if needed, if anyone wants to humor me. I know this is a silly request after everything that has happened -- selfish, even. I think it might be best if I left, for a small while, so I can clear my head and be useful again. No good comes of being a shut-in.

[ After all, ever since she came back, she's been acting stranger and much more distant than before. There is more here that she wants to say; she struggles with saying it. ]

I, well- never mind that. Please be well, all of you.

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[ She had the option of turning back and not following the Jabberwock. She did it, anyway, even after reading about it. Now she sees why it had caused such a plague and famine. ]

How bad is the damage that has been levelled to Caer Scima?

I haven't seen it, but- it's definitely not... livable.

[ She stares at Ariadne for a moment with hollow eyes. Finally, Alice takes a breath and drops her shoulders, rubbing her rabbit's head. ]

I wish I could say I am not surprised. All of the natives- at least we've done what we could to relocate them, right?

Not enough. So many people thought Caer Scima was safe...

[ Great. Fantastic. The last thing she wants to hear. ]

As if the Seelie weren't vexing enough. But we should be grateful for the smallest things right now, as cruel as it is to say. They'll be the things to push us forward.

Right. Not enough, but- better than none.

[ She smiles, though it's strained. ]

And we're safe, at least. Our friends are safe.

Yes. Everyone that we both mutually know have been accounted for and are just as persistent as ever.

[ Maglor being Maglor. People being dumb.

The usual. ]

[ They are so dumb, Alice. ]

"Persistent". That's a positive spin on some of it.

They can be spared from my mother henning just this once.

[ OH SHE HAS MANY THINGS TO TELL YOU.

Except she's too shy about it. ]

I'm sure they'll need it more soon.

[ ALICE YOU TELL HER SHE NEEDS TO HEAR IT ]

I've been having to fuss over some of the new arrivals who've come to my spire. "Oh no, I don't need to be healed." Yes you do, sit down.

[ WELL IF SHE DOESN'T SAY IT, HE WILL, HE'S GOOD ABOUT GETTING HER FLUSTERED. Speaking of that- ]

Not to worry, apparently I have my work cut out for me.

[ And Alice decides not to acknowledge what she did; it's one thing to deny medical treatment, it's another thing to hunt down a Jabberwock with no help. ] Was it that bad?

Mostly they were just trying to be noble.

As dumb as some of them can be, can you really blame them?

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