"No, no, no, no, no, no, no… I'm really losing my head this time!"

The White Rabbit paces back and forth nervously, shaking his head as his eyes blur with unshed tears.

"First, I thought I had plenty of time and was taking a walk along the brook, until I realized I was so very late. Then, there was a giant monster in my home who tried to eat me! After that, the Mad Hatter broke my pocket watch, which was an unbirthday present! The Queen is going to kill me…literally!!"

He tugs at his ears as a nervous tic, his paws trembling as he does, breath hitching in quick, frantic bursts.

"Ohhh, this is dreadful, absolutely dreadful… My whiskers are quivering just thinking about it!"

He presses the destroyed pocket watch to his chest as if it might suddenly start behaving out of pity.

"It's stopped… it's stopped! Time itself has abandoned me!"