Alice feels a way of sympathy. How can a mother say that about her child? "How simply awful," she whispers. Part of her wants to add, "perhaps you're better off rid of them," but that seems unnecessarily rude.

Now it's Alice's turn to take a deep breath. "I've told you a bit about Wonderland going wrong. Well, the reason for that has to do with my parent's death. Simply put, I -- I fell catatonic after they died. They -- committed me." Oh, that was painful to say. Please don't hate her, Victor. . . .