[Hatter was far from aware when it came to his space. Anyone could sneak up on him, it was to be expected. He always expected the unexpected. Normally when his mind was fuzzy he wouldn't be surprised either, just blink at people to make certain they weren't going away before replying. This time his head was full of less nuts and bolts so he did startle at her sudden voice, whirling around with wide eyes.
It took less than a second to recognize Alice and he smiled, dimples showing, pleased as punch to see his favoritest of all Alices.] Hello hello hello! [He didn't ask her where she'd been or what she was doing. He assumed it was everywhere and whatever she wanted, that was how Wonderland worked. It was why Alice fit in well, Hatter thought.
He looked down at the map and turned it on the side and around again.] Maybe the queen's palace. Not the Queen-Queen. The other queen. [The one less prone to chopping heads, although he suspected all queens wanted to do that as often as possible.] The big gateway, you know that? With the swinging up and down over the moat thing. [Even when relatively sane he couldn't always translate his thoughts and images to words well. He scrunched up his nose.] Big door. Castle door. I thought it might be the door.