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_{[Victor has the acute feeling he's being interviewed for a job with the way the boy looks him over like a human Rubik's Cube he's trying to puzzle out. Had Dustin wanted to confirm some elements of the event were true? Victor can't fault him for that; the way Wonderland plays with their memories would make anyone question what's real and what's not.

But it's not the boy's responsibility to do or say anything about ancient history, and Victor shakes his head, absolving him of any need to apologize. Caroline Frankenstein had just been the first of many, many deaths.]}

Thank you, but you really don't have to... _{[Wait. Ice cream? He blinks and absently trails off, more than a little thrown by the offer.]} I beg your pardon?

_{[Did he just get invited out by an eleven-year-old?]}