[ Sarah sobs, a sudden cry, and Joel looks at her, startled. ]
Honey, what -
Please, Daddy, I'm scared. Can we go? Can we please just go?
Yeah - yeah, honey, one minute. Jus' one minute, and then we can go.
[ Sarah starts to cry harder, clutching him tighter. ]
Daddy, please.
One minute.
[ He shoots Evie another look - this better be worth it - then steps over to the mirror, trying to ignore Sarah's shrieking and now kicking. He's not sure what to expect - his own mirror, staring back at him? A glimpse into the opposite side of Wonderland?
He sees neither. Instead, it's just him, and Evie just behind and to the side of him, and Sarah.
He can see her ankles where the hems of her pajama pants had ridden up, her bare feet kicking uselessly at his waist. He can see her bare arms where the short sleeves of her t-shirt end. As he stands there, staring, Sarah shakes her head in a furious shriek, giving him just a glimpse of sunken black pits for eyes and a mouth full of sharp, monstrous teeth.
Every inch of her skin is grey and mottled, almost slimy. Dead.
He nearly drops her, his dubious expression changing to one of horror. ]
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Honey, what -
Please, Daddy, I'm scared. Can we go? Can we please just go?
Yeah - yeah, honey, one minute. Jus' one minute, and then we can go.
[ Sarah starts to cry harder, clutching him tighter. ]
Daddy, please.
One minute.
[ He shoots Evie another look - this better be worth it - then steps over to the mirror, trying to ignore Sarah's shrieking and now kicking. He's not sure what to expect - his own mirror, staring back at him? A glimpse into the opposite side of Wonderland?
He sees neither. Instead, it's just him, and Evie just behind and to the side of him, and Sarah.
He can see her ankles where the hems of her pajama pants had ridden up, her bare feet kicking uselessly at his waist. He can see her bare arms where the short sleeves of her t-shirt end. As he stands there, staring, Sarah shakes her head in a furious shriek, giving him just a glimpse of sunken black pits for eyes and a mouth full of sharp, monstrous teeth.
Every inch of her skin is grey and mottled, almost slimy. Dead.
He nearly drops her, his dubious expression changing to one of horror. ]
What the hell -