It was all Alice could do not to snort at the explanation. Set the Dodo on fire. If Alice hadn't been convinced the child was her's before, she believed it now.
"We'll be fine, you and I." Alice assured the child, gently ruffling his hair with one hand. "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not all there myself."
It's not as if Alice had not dealt with problem children before. The orphanage taught her a certain way with children, and she spared them a good deal more patience than she spared a great many people, London or Wonderland it mattered not.
As for his father's death, Alice still had her own sincere doubts about that.
"You may go, Dormy. Thank you."
The mouse nodded shortly, looking about to speak for a moment longer, before ducking quickly out of the musty little home.
Alice sat on the floor a while longer, fixing the boy with a critical look. "Have you inherited your father's tendency toward mystery, or do you have a name you prefer other than 'Youngest Hatter'?"
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Date: 2012-08-09 05:25 am (UTC)"We'll be fine, you and I." Alice assured the child, gently ruffling his hair with one hand. "In case you hadn't noticed, I'm not all there myself."
It's not as if Alice had not dealt with problem children before. The orphanage taught her a certain way with children, and she spared them a good deal more patience than she spared a great many people, London or Wonderland it mattered not.
As for his father's death, Alice still had her own sincere doubts about that.
"You may go, Dormy. Thank you."
The mouse nodded shortly, looking about to speak for a moment longer, before ducking quickly out of the musty little home.
Alice sat on the floor a while longer, fixing the boy with a critical look. "Have you inherited your father's tendency toward mystery, or do you have a name you prefer other than 'Youngest Hatter'?"