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Emily spent the next two days thinking and writing her aunt a letter. She took her writing desk to the castle gardens, which weren’t as nice as the ones at the monastery. The plants were carefully spaced and wore a hard-edged manicure that made them as interesting as the paintings in a doctor’s waiting room.

In her letter Emily thanked Janice for what she did raising her. She guessed it must have been difficult abiding by all the restrictions of the gambit. Though she mentioned learning about Janice’s humanity, she didn’t say much else about it. She could listen to her aunt’s story when they saw each other again.

On the third day Emily and the hare were ushered into the presence of the king. He looked the same as he had in the mirror, tall and slim with pointed ears like any elf king in any storybook, seated on a dais in glittering robes.

Mirrored from Journal of a Something or Other.