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"That's a good pick! Where should I start? Um..." She rolled her eyes left and right, seemed to organize her memories. "It was a bizarre but fun dream adventure. I know I was dreaming and then we joined a game called Wonderland, you know those MMORPG games. In that game, I picked the white rabbit class." She paused to use her hands to make a pair of bunny ears.

"Rabbit you know~ Then I found myself arrived at a weird but lovely wood where they provided me with my first main quest. As if playing a game, I leveled up by completing quests until I was eligible to get to the next zone. The only difference was you were not controlling your character, but yourself." She said with one finger up and a smile. "The caterpillar quest was one of my favourite, it allowed me to peek at some possible alternative universes where I was not a hunter. It asked an interesting but intricate question: Who are you?" Shu made a naughty smile, "If you were me, what answer would you give?"

The pause was enough for Dylon to make a reply before she moved on again. "Then, I came to my favourite zone - the Mad Tea Party! Nene~ Do you know there were giant desserts everywhere, they looked so lovely and tasted so good, I wished I could bring some back...." The girl pouted slightly. "I think now you could tell the context of the game is very familiar, right? YES, it's the series called Alice in Wonderland!" The sparkles in her eyes suggested her liking towards the series. "Have you heard of it? Do you like it?" She asked hopefully, before she continued her little story again.

"I met a lot of friends by fighting the monsters together and running dungeons, and since it was a collective dream, I did suspect some of them were hunters that I don't know well." She described some of her battles with gestures excitedly. "Leaving the zone was sad, but I got promoted into White Rabbit Herald who had a giant spiky watch with a dagger as weapon, I love it a lot! The outfit design of the game was really nice, I wished I can show you that." She paused again, took some breathes because she was still too excited with the memories.

"Things moved quicker once I arrived the final zone, the castle of the queen. Oh did I mention that I was assigned to the White Queen faction? I guess not." She flushed a little. "So the final bosses were two queens, white and red. As a member of the white queen faction, we needed to defeat the red queen, vice versa. It was a very tough battle but we made it." She stopped again, checking on Dylon's expression. "Sorry, is it too long or boring?" She gingerly asked.

It didn't end there, but if he felt bored, she'd better stop.

She looked at the hunter at his offer and then nodded, nodded and nodded. "That's great! Thank you! Thank you!" She can hug her plushies in sleep, she really missed them. The girl wrapped her bandaged arms around his shoulder, the first hug of that day. Then she thought of something and slowly returned to lay on her bed. "Do you think it's shameful for a big girl like me to hug a plushie in bed?" She hided herself with the sheet, leaving her big eyes looking around. People were sure to tease her if they saw that, that was not what a professional hunter would do.

The creepy hunter at the Death meeting mentioned about qualification of being chosen to experience Wonderland, but she didn't believe it. The trainee giggled at Dylon 's answer, he's so funny~ Um? The silence in her mind restored. "I'm sure the caterpillar will love this answer." She covered her smile and continued her giggle, until she calmed down and told her story again.

"Yes! It's a great great series! I think you might make good friend with Mimsy, she has a fever over Wonderland~!" She missed the part where Dylon teasing Robert and Mimsy, so she recommended Mimsy to him, thinking they might have some fun chats.

It was a relieve hearing that she didn't bored him and to his question, she nodded her head quite a few times. "Uh! It was a strange dream but a really lovely one!"

So she continued the remaining part of the story, from the white queen who intended to cage them forever with the illusions of pasts and futures, nearly ceased of existing but saved by her replica who created by ALICE. "It had a sad ending, but I believe I will meet them one day again." The hope shone on her face, with some sort of confidence and belief.

Shu touched the hair that was petted by the hunter, her brother would do that when she was unhappy. Sometimes, it was hard to tell who is older. "Really? No one will laugh or scold me?" She asked with hopeful eyes. Once she reached ten, her father criticized her silly behaviour and attempted to throw all her plushies away. Thus, she only put them out at night when everyone went to bed.

Her sisters were gone, only the arpakasso remained.

Bittiface

The petite trainee thought the hunter was a really nice person, pretty much like an elder brother. She wanted her family to get closer and without misunderstanding. "She's very clever and knowledgeable, I think - she's the smartest person I have ever met!" From the tone of her word, Dylon would notice she was really proud of the closer one.

"What class would you choose if you were in the Wonderland? There are:", she raised up her hand and used her fingers to count, "White Rabbit, they use dagger as weapon and can move very fast; Cheshire Cat, they have long claws for powerful strikes and they rely on shadow spells." She put her hands up near her face and made them claw like.

"Mad hatter is fun, because their weapons are what they randomly draw out from the hat, I had seen one pulling out giant chainsaw, smelly sock, a shortcake, a sword, poker cards, a table, a bomb etc." She grinned, recalling all the happy memories. "Dormouse, they are the excellent healers. First stage they use whip but upgraded dormouse use syringe, a big big one!" She held herself and goosebumped. "The needle part is shinny OnO;" She paused a while for some reasons.

"Last two are the caterpillar and Gryphon. The former is defensive and latter an aggressive offensive attack class. The caterpillar are what we called the Tank, if you know the term." Now, you could really tell the girl should be a gamer. "Gyphons are - are - closed ranged attackers." Her eyes slowly closed and opened, head started to nod occasionally.

"Um! I hope so, and I wish you can dream of Wonderland too! And Alice!" She said happily but felt her eyelids heavy. Nopeeeeee she wanted to talk a little longer, why she suddenly feel sleepy???? She was not satisfied with herself, pouting.

The gentle touch from Dylon just made her more relaxed, her head began to swing around very slowly. His question temporary sober-ed the girl, she groped for a while before handing him a key. "It's B04, they are just sitting on my bed, thank you." Her hand once reaching Dylon's palm felt enfeebling, eyes blinking in a shorter interval.

Healer he said. Shu, with a meaningful smile, looked at Dylon while dressing him up with the Dormouse attire, ears in mickey mouse fashion but small, fluffy fur long coat and duochrome striped pants, he would be so cute, like the cutest dormouse, besides AngelofSong. Well, one is a girl and one is a boy, shouldn't be a problem. "I am sure you will be a cute dormouse healer!" She cringed like a kitty having its nose poking but luckily not switched off like a certain popular gif showed.

She was rubbing her eyes like a sleepy little kid up at midnight when Dylon came back with her arpakasso. "My cutie! Welcome back~" It was not sure who she was directing. Holding one within her, the girl giggled. "Robert said the exact same thing, there were no vacancies at the upper floors. But my neighbours are nice people, just the darkness.....I am thinking of making the door a bit glowy, maybe some fluorescent toys?" She blinked her eyes slowly a few times, maybe a yawn also.

She didn't want him to go, but her eyelids felt heavier and heavier to open fully. "Y....yes those stickers....stars....planets...and..and...m..maybe...snowflake.....animals...? I-I have seen...dino...saurs before......." His low pleasant voice was like a lullaby, she was about to be defeated.

Stay strong, Shu.

"I can't really sing sorry..." Then she asked, "What kind of songs should be sung to keep bad things away?...." Maybe she can sing for the others though her voice isn't great, she nodded again, hands surrounding her plushie.

Yes, shu was a stupid and stubborn girl and she really didn't want to lose to her sleepiness.

She did know some happy songs, but they were mostly anime or vocaloid songs, maybe J-pop and rarely k-pop. She rolled her eyes while thinking of possible songs she would sing, that kept her awake. However, the soothing from Dylon worked exactly the opposite, she nodded and nodded again, one came closely to another. Her body gently slid down until her back was fully touching the bed.

She stared at Dylon, humming some sort of melody very quietly, as if he would go away the second she sleep.

The enemy was too powerful, Shu was about to lose the battle, her half closed eyes and frequent nods reflected that. She won't give up so easily if not Dylon wanted her to have a good sleep. "Promise me you will visit again or I won't sleep." She pouted, feeling the warmth transferred from his hand, eyes slowly blinking and finally a lazy yawn. The familiar language of the songs that she was too sleepy to notice whether she heard of them before felt like home, she relaxed herself and closed her eyes.

When the hand that grabbed tightly around Dylon 's finally released, there was a sweet smile on the girl's face.

She fell asleep finally.