Hatter listened to Alice, taking a couple of hesitant steps inside. Those steps meant being way too close to Jack Heart, but he'd deal. He always did. When fighting on the same side, he was more than tolerable. Now he was back to just...putting up with him, basically.
She hadn't? Well. Well, then. Right. That could mean plenty of things, it didn't necessarily mean that she was ashamed he was there or that he wasn't even worthy of bringing up over dinner.
Oh, sweet... Did they have dinners together? That was awkward to think of. In fact, he really didn't want to consider that. He really should just ask Alice if she wanted the spare room at his place. But she'd mentioned finding a place of her own and wouldn't she want her own independence?
Right. No. The dear king wanted a reply. It only made sense. "Oddly, not that surprised to see you. Seems everyone around knows who you are by now." His tone was low but controlled, as someone who was used to putting up with people he didn't necessarily like. "Though I understand you're the mayor here."