Zelda’s mouth opened in an ‘o’ of surprise as he stepped back and waved his hands at her. She shoved her hands into the pockets of her coat, very much feeling the weather.

”Are you kidding me?” Zelda said. Even with his question, all she could really think of was everything he was risking by coming here. He couldn’t have just sent her a letter?

Alfred just gave her a ‘no’ look, and she could have sputtered furiously at him but she bit it back. Instead, finally she said: ”What gave you the bright idea to come here drunk without warning me?”

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