"Yes," Alice said, with such a severe look of assurance that Veronica was not likely to doubt what Alice was saying. Alice felt every reason to be so adamant: she'd spent enough time in the asylum consumed with doubts to her sanity.

"That's easy enough to understand," Alice said. "It is not the first time I have been moved from one place to another with no notification. It would help to know what the nature of this place is, as well as the creature who is following me."