Alice blushes herself. "You flatter me," she murmurs, feeling a spike of guilt. She still hasn't told her friends exactly what happened to Wonderland and herself when she was small. They know it was a dark time, and she's explained a bit about her parent's death, but. . . . "Not many people would agree with you back home."

"She mentioned that when I met her," she nods. "She accidentally saw the -- vision -- as it flashed through my head." She looks at him. "You're -- really all right with not going back to Burtonsville?"