Miles sat back, listening as Sarissa told the Professor everything, from her journey to the Horizon, the Last Verse, the meeting with Alice and the Hatter, the attack by the followers of Luna Sea, and the confrontation with the god of war and progress himself.
She described how her Story had been torn apart, how she was thrown away, only to be pulled back by a whisper, and the Professor listened, never interrupting.
When she finished, he tapped his chin thoughtfully.
"Curious…" He said at last. "Alice and the Hatter gifting you their fragments, that is. That's more than unusual. It's unprecedented, to be honest. They are kind, but not to the extent of holding hands with someone who doesn't come from Wonderland itself."
"They said I had to keep going." Sarissa murmured. "That if I wanted to cleanse Wonderland, I had to survive."
The Professor stood and walked over to a shelf.
"Do you see this?" He pulled down a scroll and spread it across the desk.
