(Touches the corner of his mouth, then vanishes. A pause. Then only the smile remains in the darkness.)
"Ah. You’ve arrived. I was beginning to think you’d taken the wrong turning. Or the right one. They’re the same thing here, you know. Mostly. Cheshire Cat Monologue
So. Will you stay? Will you run? Will you argue with a flower? Will you weep because a flamingo won’t hold still? It doesn’t matter. I’ll be watching. Not because I care about the ending—endings are so terminal —but because I love the moment just before the ending. The pause. The doubt. The grin before the vanish. (Touches the corner of his mouth, then vanishes
Let me tell you a secret. (Leans in close.) The Queen? Her heart is a cold, red stamp. The Hatter? His time is stuck at six o’clock, but he’ll never tell you it’s tea-time because he’s forgotten what tea is. And you? You think you’re here by accident. You think you fell. You’ve arrived
No, no. You jumped. You just don’t remember.