[ All the Fairy Tales are gone and done, and all of the things Royce has stolen have been returned. Royce has to spend most of the day returning things, and he refuses to let people see him do it, so it takes him forever. Alfie will find, in his office or on the bedside table, whichever he's more likely to see first, a piece of paper that says: ]
ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇʜᴏᴜsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ.
[ And on top of that paper are Alfie's rings, his whale knife, and his sword cane. True to his word, Royce is in the treehouse after dinnertime, curled up on the bed and covered in several blankets. It's colder, now. Autumn has hit. ]
Fall, after the Fairy Tale Event
ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴇʜᴏᴜsᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ.
[ And on top of that paper are Alfie's rings, his whale knife, and his sword cane. True to his word, Royce is in the treehouse after dinnertime, curled up on the bed and covered in several blankets. It's colder, now. Autumn has hit. ]