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[firstbeliever]

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

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[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.

[madcuriosity]

Do you think there are guardians for adults? [She should ask Jack and the others, she thinks.] I think... if adults had guardians too, it would be easier for them to remember, to worry less. If adults had guardians as wonderful as ours then they may not think it so strange to hold on to the belief.

We'll protect them, all of them. We can make sure no one says they aren't real.

Mine is a White Rabbit. Quite the skittish dear, always late.

[firstbeliever]

Jack mentioned there was Cupid. [But that was all he said at the time when Jamie questioned him about it.] I don't know if there are others. I guess...it's just harder to believe when people get older.

We should write a book about them. Like, we could ask them to tell us a story about something that happened and we could write it out and put pictures to it for everyone to read.

Never heard of it. [He doesn't know if it's a boy or a girl so he goes with 'it'.]

[madcuriosity]

I'll ask Sandy. He knows better than anyone about the coming and going of such things.

JAMIE! Jamie that is a splendid idea for a book! Ah! But we mustn't tell them! We'll make it a Christmas present! A story of their choosing for each one of them and then make a big book of them for Asgard!

I doubt you would! Mr. Rabbit is only from Wonderland.