An encounter.

"Hello Alice."
"It's Alyce, you know my name. I see you like, every day."
"You're Alice to me now. And I'm the Mad Hatter."
"You are pretty crazy, I'll give you that."
"No, you see Alice, we're all mad here."
"Oh, very clever."
"When you look around, right now, do you see Wonderland?"
"No. I'm at a supermarket. I'm working. Certain customers are giving me a hard time. This is hardly my idea of Wonderland."
"Oh, Alice. You forget your own story. There were some horrible things in Wonderland. And how did you cope?"
"I guess she... I... got over it?"
"Exactly. Alice is strong. Doesn't let anything defeat her. Remember that."
"I'll try."