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[alayne]

[ it's been a long time, months and months, since sansa had addressed wonderland. many moon cycles came and gone and people has well. today finds her in silks the color of the bluest skies and her hair in an elaborated braid that might remind some of a departed queen whose hair was silver. ]

Good people of Wonderland, I hope today finds you well.

[ formal and perhaps distanced, too. sansa had kept to her chambers for days on end, had not traded words with anyone. the stings were perhaps a bit too much. she had given herself some time to collect herself again and when the need came.

well, there she is. ]

Many people came and gone from this Wonderland of ours and I am missing a companion of my own. A direwolf named Lyanne I have sent to search for some friends that I have found - have departed from among us and were sent free.

[ her voice doesn't quiver, she tidies her gown and speaks again ]

She is highly likely still searching yet I must request that if you happen upon her, you shall tell her to find me. She is a direwolf of the north, larger than a wolf and smaller than a bear, her eyes are golden and her coat is that of grey for.

[ a beat and ]

And I am Lady Sansa of House Stark.

Comments

[alayne]

I do not know that lyanne cares for birds. her choice of game is much bigger.

[ but it worries her. wonderland is filled with oddities and a talking bird is not the oddest of them all, by far. if lyanne tried to hurt her, she must be stopped lest she'll try again. the direwolf is quiet and clever and is able of killing her and sansa promised, she swore on her honor that she will harm no one ]

but if it is my direwolf, I promise, she shall not approach you again.

[eatyourdirt]

Is that supposed to be comforting? You just admitted you have no idea where she is. [Being too small to make a good snack for a direwolf is not all that reassuring either, honestly.] How can you promise anything about her?

[alayne]

she will heed my words. if you are in trouble, find me. I shall speak to her. she is not my pet, I cannot confine her to my chambers but she is wise and she will listen.

[ she always does, though sansa hadn't into account that some birds might actually be speaking and she's not all certain her direwolf cares. ]

she has enough game in the woods. I do think she will not care for you, you are rather small.

[ sorry beatrice, but. ]

[eatyourdirt]

Yes, the fact that I am even less than bite size is so reassuring. I feel completely safe now.

[Beatrice rolls her eyes.]

How'd you end up with a pet wolf anyway?

[alayne]

A direwolf shall never bother with an easy game. I'd be more concerned if you were a squirrel.

[ just saying. ]

she is not my pet. Anyone who ever thinks a direwolf may be a pet is a fool. she is my companion, a friend. the direwolf is the sigil of house stark and she has been walking at my side for some time now. she had never harmed anyone.

[eatyourdirt]

Okay, seriously? Stop talking about how tiny and too easy to hurt I am because that is literally the least comforting thing you can say! [Beatrice flails a wing wildly.] Thank you for pointing out how completely defenseless I am, I feel so much better!

[alayne]

Would you have me lie and tell you tales of birds who won against direwolves?

[ sansa thinks that once upon a time, she would have been able to. would have been able to speak of such hopes and great battles and birds who escape wolves and girls who escape monsters ]

there is no kindness in lies.

[ wonderland taught her that well and true ]

few creatures here can truly face a direwolf. most men and women would not be able to, either. but lyanne is attentive and she listens. she would never attacked unless provoked.

[ and that is a comfort, she thinks ]

it's better than what most men would be able to promise.

[eatyourdirt]

No, that would be even stupider.

[She rolls her eyes before glaring at Sansa again.]

But there's lying and then there's rubbing it in. I'm actually pretty aware I'm about the size of one of that thing's teeth without you telling me!

[alayne]

She would eat a man sixteen times your size, if it is a comfort. only she does not care to. She knows her way around men, if they do not try to harm her. she will not hunt you, regardless of her size. there are other things to fear in this realm.

[ somewhere there is a beast that would eat them all, if it is allowed. ]

[eatyourdirt]

There's a lot to fear in any realm. At least this one gives you free stuff.

[alayne]

I do not know that it gives anything for free.

[ it gives, certainly. but there is always a price. they simply do not know it yet. it's something that frightens sansa each time she breaks has fast in the tearooms, each times she receives a dress from her wardrobe ]

[eatyourdirt]

You really enjoy saying the exact wrong thing, huh?

[alayne]

There is little in this world that is given freely. We are prisoners and more is taken from us than given. I do not reckon the place deserves any kind words towards its character.