Bravery and I are not on intimate terms. My curiosity is tempered with caution... thus I've lived long. But now, ignoring my instinct to flee or fib, I speak the truth without regard to consequence. Your courage deserves no less.
You've suffered great pain and you've caused some. You've endured deep grief and feelings of guilt. But you will be tested by a more wrenching anguish, Alice. There is worse to come. You and this red queen cannot both survive.
