They say still waters run deep. I'd never really bought into that saying, knowing that still waters are more often stagnant, but it was definitely true of Jocasta Yzerman. She was almost the exact opposite of Lolly, and not just in appearance. The face Lolly had always showed to the world was soft and vulnerable, but the real woman had been as cold and sharp as a scalpel. Jocasta, on the other hand, had shown me a cold and brittle edge when we'd first met over her targeting laser. I'd labeled her a tough corp bitch without much trace of humanity. But now I'd seen behind the mask-no, now she'd shown me what was behind the mask. I saw that she was more human and caring-vulnerable-than Lolly had ever been. Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice.