vastness and vastness forever and ever.

[treacletrio]

[ There's a feed that's on, but it takes a moment for three separate faces of young girls to come into view. ]

Hullo, Wonderland!

We can finally play.

But not too much. We have things to do!

But we should still say something, shouldn't we?

[ The clearly older sister holds out her hands to shush them both, then her head tilts with a soft smile on her lips. ]

Have you ever wondered what it might be like up there? With the stars and the moon and all the places we come from?

I think it sounds awfully big and endless and scary.

Besides. I bet there are places to trap people for a very long time just like everywhere else.

[ A heavy sigh. ]

But what if you could escape? You could go to any place, dear sisters. Any place at all.

But what if something terrible happened there, too? Bombs or monsters or air that chokes you?

Don't be so negative, Elsie! Air is air. Besides, what world has bombs and monsters?

Lots, I bet. And spoooOOOOOoooky ghosts. [ She giggles until Tillie shoots her a look. ]

Perhaps sometimes, we must weather circumstances to appreciate our happiness and freedom and how pretty things can be. But for now, we must go gather treacle for the dormouse! Enough fretting about all the worlds out there.

[ The feed ends as the oldest sister begins shooing at them affectionally to get in gear. ]

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[ The latest event has done nothing to soothe Cullen's distaste for the transmission device. It has done everything to remind him how pointless any feud with the Mirrors would be, as long as Wonderland stands as their real enemy. At least he would vastly prefer that idea, even if he is not as sure of it as he would like.

His thoughts come prepared, and the forest stands as backdrop for his transmission. For what little that is worth to their privacy, given how many will receive this near their mirrors. ]

Many of us have provided means to prepare for the- [ -war is the word on the table, and now more than ever Cullen refuses to give it that weight. ] conflict we may have to face, but what has anyone done to prevent it?

[ A question, not an accusation. ]

We ought to ask ourselves if the other side is any keener on this fight than we are, if- they are beyond reasoning, or if it is simply a matter of cutting off the head, and replacing it with one more capable of sensible decisions.

[ He still has doubts, but the way his thoughts incline now is this: Only one person on the Mirror side needs to go to assure peace. ]