"That sounds like magic, more than anything else."

Even with the technology she's seen on the train, it's hard for Alice's head to wrap itself around the fact that this is just normal in some worlds. In fact, it feels easier to think of it as magic. As something whimsical one may find in Wonderland. That's so much more understandable.

"Besides, I'm not sure if mice would enjoy being used for that. They tend to be very touchy about those sorts of things." Or so the talking mouse she met was, anyway.