As per your request we have begun our compilation into the research of the municipal commonly referred to as San Marseille, that being the city and immediate surrounding countryside. To the best of our knowledge and the available records, this is the first such undertaking.

“What happened next?”

My name is Alice.

There aren’t many things in this world I know to be true, but that much is. It’s the first thing written in my journal. The first line, on the first page.