"Amen, my brother," Victor says, in response to Ed's sterling endorsement of ruckus.
And the hat! That joyous hat. She really hopes that she'll be allowed to keep it. She moves forward, ever with that limp, ducking under branches, brushing aside leaves.
For the first time since they've entered the white room, she looks like she's entirely in her element. A surreal landscape where much depends on words, on wit, and on innovation. This is her battlefield. This is where she wins.
"That's the crux of the story, where Alice is forced into the very authority she avoided at home, where she has to face an over-exaggerated female figure, where she has to deal with rules that she finds ridiculous. It's the closest Alice gets, in Wonderland, of being back home."
"Oh, probably not so easy, but this is the kinda thing I can do. Heaven forbid I get assigned a marathon."
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And the hat! That joyous hat. She really hopes that she'll be allowed to keep it. She moves forward, ever with that limp, ducking under branches, brushing aside leaves.
For the first time since they've entered the white room, she looks like she's entirely in her element. A surreal landscape where much depends on words, on wit, and on innovation. This is her battlefield. This is where she wins.
"That's the crux of the story, where Alice is forced into the very authority she avoided at home, where she has to face an over-exaggerated female figure, where she has to deal with rules that she finds ridiculous. It's the closest Alice gets, in Wonderland, of being back home."
"Oh, probably not so easy, but this is the kinda thing I can do. Heaven forbid I get assigned a marathon."