Literature
AloW Ch. 4 To Steal Oneself away
“I tell you,” Hakuto went on. “It’s just not possible that it can have been stolen! Who in all of Heartland could possibly steal it?” Pom was impassive to Hakuto’s consternation with anything but mild annoyance. “If a thing can exist,” she said simply, “it can be stolen, Mr. White, and if it was not a Heartland citizen then a thief from out of Heartland has stolen Lise. Unless it was a denizen. I have thought of the queen’s knave…” “Oh, despite what people say, doctor, I find more often than not that Sir Nevin is tardier than he is tart…y— Oh! Whatever,” sighed Hakuto impatiently and shook his head. “Couldn’t it have simply wandered off or been misplaced?” Wringing his paws, he resisted the urge to look at his watch again. Instead he was ushered by the beefy hand of Pom inside before he could so much as think to protest. “Wandered off?” laughed Pom humorlessly. “You don’t seriously believe that a clockwork person can just wander off without anyone knowing?” Hakuto paused and