"Only stupid people believe that suffering is the only drawback of being different." Cheshire Cat slowly appeared until his body was completely at sight.

He was sitting on a rock, wagging his long, bony tail; speaking with his unique, deeply, disturbingly manic blood-spattered human smile. He's the same cat with an emaciated, almost skeletal look; his bones visible through his fur-less, gray skin.

"About time too." He said moving his left paw as he spoke; shaking his ear for seconds.