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[firstbeliever]

"You've reached Jamie Bennett. I'm busy right now so leave a message."

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[firstbeliever]

Bunny maybe, but not Santa.

[A small shrug of his shoulders.] I dunno. So far I haven't seen any other large animals walking around.

[madcuriosity]

Well, none that are like he was.... He was here before as himself, but... well... I don't know. It was so brief and everything was a mess, it's hard to tell if he would be the same once more.

[firstbeliever]

Maybe we could ask one of the gods about it. Freyr and Sigyn were pretty nice when I met them.

[And he can't call Honir or Mimir now that they've left.]

[madcuriosity]

I could ask Mr. Freyr. I've actually a different question for him so it may be as well to get them all out of the way.

[firstbeliever]

You should, then you can tell me what the answer is. [Pause.] What other question?

[madcuriosity]

Oh ah... well it's...

Jamie... did you ever have an imaginary friend? And I don't mean like Jack who was actually real but no one could see him?

[firstbeliever]

Sure! I think every kid does at one point.

[Depending on how fast they grow up.]

[madcuriosity]

And your own world? Have you ever made up a world of your own?

[firstbeliever]

Yeah. [Not to the extent that Alice has but...] Haven't you?

[madcuriosity]

I most certainly have. But now... imagine that the imaginary friend from the imaginary world you created... was suddenly here... And I don't mean as in... just showing up like a spirit like the animals from the tea. I mean here, linked to a god and everything.

Even for Asgard, doesn't sound the tiniest bit strange?

[firstbeliever]

[That does sound a bit strange.]

Are they linked to the same god as you?

[madcuriosity]

He is. Which is why I want to ask Mr. Freyr.

[firstbeliever]

Well, he has the power to bring things to life like you do so maybe he brought life to your imaginary friend. [Though he is curious what Freyr would say on the matter.]

[madcuriosity]

But something from my head? I never even described him to Mr. Freyr.

[firstbeliever]

Maybe. One of the gods does have telepathy and maybe he learned about your imaginary friend.

[madcuriosity]

That would be Mr. Loki... well... I do talk with him often.

[firstbeliever]

So that could be how he learned about your friend. Or it could be that your imaginary world really exists out there somewhere.

[madcuriosity]

Well... but that would mean I really went to it. Which... [That actually means she's a queen.] It isn't impossible. More curious things have happened.

[firstbeliever]

Is it wrong to think that you went to another world? [Jamie would like to go to another world.] What kind of things?

[madcuriosity]

No, nothing wrong. But it's a world of my own making... Or I thought it was.

Well, I'm rather sure my making my own dragon is far more curious than a talking rabbit.

[firstbeliever]

Well, maybe you really made it when you dreamed it up.

I don't know, both are kind of interesting.

[madcuriosity]

Me? Have that sort of power?

I didn't say uninteresting or less, simply more curious.

[firstbeliever]

Sure! Kids have a lot of power. Even the Guardians can't survive without our belief in them. When I was the last kid in the world to believe in them they were really weak. Tooth couldn't fly, Bunny was tiny and Santa could barely lift his swords.

Still both pretty curious.

[madcuriosity]

Jamie, why do you think adults forget something so important as belief? The guardians are hundreds, some thousands of years old. You don't think we'll stop believing, do you? I don't ever want to stop.

Well I didn't say they weren't. Although I think we're thinking of two different bunnies?

[firstbeliever]

[That makes him frown.] I think it's because they start to worry about different things. Getting a job, having a family, money - things like that. As kids we don't have to worry about stuff like that because we have parents or guardians who do it for us. We still get to dream about what sort of job we want or the family we can have and we can spend money on the things we want instead of the stuff we need.

[Jamie pauses.]

I don't know. But I don't ever want to stop believing either, Alice. And I want to help other people believe in them forever.

The Easter Bunny is the only one I know of.