Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

The queen is head. Long live the queen...me." The platoon of renegade soldiers cheered. Redd kicked The Cat where he lay on the floor, tongue lolling in his mouth, the picture of death. "Get up! You still have seven more lives." The Cat's eyes fluttered open. Find Alyss and kill her." With a wave of her hand, the looking glass was once again whole. The Cate jumped through, in prosuit of the only living Heart besides Redd.

Hatter!" She would have hugged him if she hadn't thought he'd be bothered by the dislay of affection. Pterry good timing." Dodge smiled. "A litte sooner and you would've been perfect.

And even, if circumstances required, a contingency plan for his contingency plan's contingency plan.

Most of life is unbearable. It’s unbearable but we bear it

But I killed you,” Alyss said. “Did you?” Red turned to The Cat. “Why wasn’t I informed?

I've finished running from you, Redd. It's time for you to run." --Alyss