THE GARDEN OF COSMIC SPECULATION, SCOTLAND
TIME REMAINING: 5 HOURS, 04 MINUTES
I wake up in the rabbit hole again. Dirt surrounds me everywhere.
Whatever this trip was, I have no idea. But I know I learned a lot.
A lot!
A tiny slant of light peers through from above. Someone is unlocking the hole.
“Alice.” The Pillar peeks inside. “Can you hear me?”
“Yes.”
“We finally found you. We seemed to miss the hole before. It’s strange. I don’t know how it happened,” the Pillar says. “Hang tight. We’re sending someone to pick you up now.”
“Pillar,” I say, “until they pull me out, you should prepare the plane. I have to go back to the Six O’clock Circus.”
“Why? What’s there?”
“Trust me, I know much more than you do right now.”