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Wing-Hunter-Bandersnatch has not spoken since the arrival of Knight, and Chester shoots her a quick glance before returning his attention to Valentine, who is proving to be more interesting. The lady does not seem the type for riddles, like many others in Helovia, so he pays little mind to her silence.
The Knight answers the new riddle, and asks his own, but Chester is not content with the solution offered. “There is always an answer, Knight. Ravens, writing desks, even lost loves are all connected, should you know the correct poem.” He pauses, thinking of the rhyming story, and the man who penned it. “The author was mad, of course. All the best people are. Very strange man.”
“The bird, too, is mad. Or seeks death, though perhaps that is what makes it mad. Or perhaps it is terrifyingly sane. Shall we ask Alice?” Though, he has yet to discover Alice here. Could she still be lost in Wonderland? Losing her head could certainly prevent her from travelling, at least for a while. Nothing at home ever lost their heads for long, if at all. How else would there be anyone left? A speculative look appraises the two unicorns with him, wondering what would happen should they be beheaded. Would this logic-driven dimension let them survive, or would they topple over like a house of cards in the wind? Another potential experiment to be carried out another time. For now, he was too amused to risk the loss of his current company.
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