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* ShadyScalper: Past!Rat trades [[spoiler:Alice's wedding ring]] for an [[TheAllegedCar old, falling-apart spaceboat]] worth a thousand credits at most. Then his accomplices resell it to a museum for ''twenty-five thousand''.
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* TemporalParadox: During her encounter with past!Rat, Alice [[spoiler:gives him her wedding ring]] to convince him to let her go unharmed. Past!Rat, after getting back to the 21st century, [[spoiler:trades it]] for a spaceboat, and his accomplices in turn [[spoiler:sell it to a museum to a small planet]], where it is discovered thirteen years later.
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* IHatePastMe: Rat is [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone absolutely horrified]] when he realizes his past self has threatened his wife with tortures and caused her to leave Moscow, the only city of 1976 she knows well. Unbeknownst to him, Alice didn't leave: she did buy a ticket to Leningrad to throw past!Rat off the scent, but got off the train at Kalinin and came back to Moscow by the end of the same day.
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* MrSmith: The children [[spoiler:who attended the school for young criminals in ''Literature/TheStarDog'']] were later given widely-used last names to protect their anonymity, resulting in [[spoiler:Jimmy and Valera]] getting the surnames Smith and Kuznetsov (the Russian counterpart to Smith).
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Valera]] is shocked when he learns he was tricked into assisting with Alice's kidnapping.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Valera]] is shocked when he learns he was tricked into assisting with Alice's kidnapping.
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from. [[spoiler:Turns out that the thing that does make it to the future via TheSlowPath is [[WithThisRing her wedding ring]]]].
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* TrustPassword: Rat and Alice develop one that references their adventures in ''The Planet for Tyrants''.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: Siblings by adoption [[spoiler:Valery]], a specialist in crystal chemistry who graduated cum laude, and [[spoiler:James]], who takes guard and bouncer jobs. The contrast is downplayed, however, as Rat notices that [[spoiler:Valery]] is clearly able to defend himself physically too, though he isn't as heavily-muscled as his brother.
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* HasAType: [[spoiler:Valery]] dates sportswomen, from athletes to caratists. [[spoiler:It may have something to do with his school crush on Alice]]...
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* ObliviousToLove: Alice never once suspected [[spoiler:Valera]] was in love with her.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Alice for [[spoiler:Valera]], who planned to ask her out [[spoiler:after finishing Besf's school]], still remembers her with wistful fondness, and immediately agrees to a mind-reading procedure to help catch her kidnapper.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Alice for [[spoiler:Valera]], who planned to ask her out [[spoiler:after finishing Besf's school]], still remembers her with wistful fondness, and immediately agrees to a mind-reading procedure to help catch her kidnapper.
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* HalfTruth: Alice convinces [[spoiler:Shurochka]] to sell her footwear as a pair of Swiss sneakers (anything foreign could fetch a ''very'' high price in the Moscow of 1976). The boots are Swiss all right, but they are waterproof and fireproof moonshoes produced in the late 21st century.
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** Alice convinces [[spoiler:Shurochka]] to sell her footwear as a pair of Swiss sneakers (anything foreign could fetch a ''very'' high price in the Moscow of 1976). The boots are Swiss all right, but they are waterproof and fireproof moonshoes produced in the late 21stcentury.century.
** As part of her other disguise, that of a "high-ranked Party member's relative", Alice casually mentions that her father took her with him when he had a meeting in Amsterdam. Which is absolutely true, with only the details omitted: Professor Seleznyov had a meeting with a Dutch biotechnologist, while Alice took the opportunity to give some lectures in several universities of the Netherlands.
** Alice convinces [[spoiler:Shurochka]] to sell her footwear as a pair of Swiss sneakers (anything foreign could fetch a ''very'' high price in the Moscow of 1976). The boots are Swiss all right, but they are waterproof and fireproof moonshoes produced in the late 21st
** As part of her other disguise, that of a "high-ranked Party member's relative", Alice casually mentions that her father took her with him when he had a meeting in Amsterdam. Which is absolutely true, with only the details omitted: Professor Seleznyov had a meeting with a Dutch biotechnologist, while Alice took the opportunity to give some lectures in several universities of the Netherlands.
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* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
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* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far. [[spoiler:As it turns out, the reason is her SurprisePregnancy]].
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* VocalDissonance: Zzzzh, a police chief from Brastak who is quickly revealed to be very competent at his job, speaks in an extremely squeaky voice, and Rat muses on how unexpected it is to hear it from a prominent authority figure.
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** A giant planet in the system of Menkent is home to three-foot-tall, one-legged humanoids. Rat recalls a resident from Earth got in trouble there for [[FantasticRacism calling]] the locals "[[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Dufflepuds]]".
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** A giant planet in the system of Menkent is home to three-foot-tall, one-legged humanoids. Rat recalls a resident from of Earth got in trouble there for [[FantasticRacism calling]] the locals "[[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Dufflepuds]]".
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** A giant planet in the system of Menkent is home to three-foot-tall, one-legged humanoids. Rat recalls a resident from Earth got in trouble there for [[FantasticRacism calling]] the locals "[[Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader Dufflepuds]]".
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* HalfTruth: Alice convinces [[spoiler:Shurochka]] to sell her footwear as a pair of Swiss sneakers (anything foreign could fetch a ''very'' high price in the Moscow of 1976). The boots are Swiss all right, but they are waterproof and fireproof moonshoes produced in the late 21st century.
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* StableTimeLoop: Alice persuades [[spoiler:Alik Borisovich and Shurochka]] not to do anything about [[spoiler:her attempted kidnapping from the hospital]] – because they didn't do anything about it in ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''... because her 23-year-old self persuaded them not to.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Rat and Alice's children are part human, part krokrys (in a comment to ''The Choice of a Group'', the author states that she believes Rat is half-humanoid too, considering how comfortable he feels in human form). Alex and Yulia have inherited Rat's VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities, but Polina hasn't.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Rat and Alice's children are part human, part krokrys (in a comment to ''The Choice of a Group'', the author states that she believes Rat is half-humanoid too, himself, considering how comfortable he feels in human form). Alex and Yulia have inherited Rat's VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities, but Polina hasn't.
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* EtTuBrute: When Alice marries Rat, Rrrr views it as a personal betrayal (due to the pirates' occupation of Brastak ''Literature/AMillionAdventures''). It takes many months for them to mend their friendship.
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* EtTuBrute: When Alice marries Rat, Rrrr views it as a personal betrayal (due to the pirates' occupation of Brastak in ''Literature/AMillionAdventures''). It takes many months for them to mend their friendship.
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* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. He adds that should ''Alice'' come to harm, though, [[spoiler:the four burglars]] will pay.
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* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at ruptures a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. He adds that should ''Alice'' come to harm, though, [[spoiler:the four burglars]] will pay.
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* {{Fauxreigner}}: In 1976, Alice pretends to be a tourist from Alofi, Niue, who has been robbed. She wants to ensure that checking up her fake backstory would take as much time as possible and therefore picks a place as far away from Moscow as possible.
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* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
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Alex, now in primary school, needs to pick his specialization for the following years of school, and he isn't so sure about the choice.
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* LighterAndSofter: It's a fluffy SliceOfLife oneshot with no crime storyline, unlike the previous entries.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to his nevertheless famous father).
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to his nevertheless famous father).
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* FamousAncestor: PlayedForDrama with Alex, who is tired of only being known as the son of Rat and Alice.
* LighterAndSofter: It's afluffy SliceOfLife oneshot with no crime storyline, unlike the previous entries.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against either specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to hisnevertheless father, who is a more [[RecruitingTheCriminal controversial]] but neverthless very famous father).figure).
* ShoutOut: Yulia, Polina and Alex discuss ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ask Rat how much of its info on piracy is TruthInTelevision. [[invoked]]
* LighterAndSofter: It's a
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against either specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to his
* ShoutOut: Yulia, Polina and Alex discuss ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' and ask Rat how much of its info on piracy is TruthInTelevision. [[invoked]]
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The one that starts it all, with Rat and Alice meeting aboard the ''Galactiana'' and finding themselves in the midst of a murder investigation.
* AscendedExtra: Ella, the First Captain's wife, only appears for a handful of scenes in one book in canon. She is a prominent supporting character here.
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One year and some months after Rat and Alice's marriage, the Institute of Time on Brastak is robbed. But before Alice can leave to investigate the crime, she is kidnapped with the use of a Brastak-made time machine and gets dragged to the year 1976.
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* {{Interquel}}: Takes place between the last chapter and the epilogue of ''Murders in Ursa Minor''.
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Rat and Alice, now raising a toddler son Alex, are called to deal with mysterious aliens who consume the helium of Betelgeuse.
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Alex, now in primary school, needs to pick his specialization for the following years of school, and he isn't so sure about the choice.
* LighterAndSofter: It's a fluffy SliceOfLife oneshot with no crime storyline, unlike the previous entries.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to his nevertheless famous father).
* LighterAndSofter: It's a fluffy SliceOfLife oneshot with no crime storyline, unlike the previous entries.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Alex decides against specializing in biology or preparing to go into law enforcement, since he'll inevitably be compared to his brilliant LivingLegend mother (plus, in the former case, to his grandfather, who is less legendary but still well-known in his field, and in the latter case, to his nevertheless famous father).
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* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MasterOfDisguise: As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MasterOfDisguise: As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* MasterOfDisguise: Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. He adds that should ''Alice'' come to harm, though, [[spoiler:the four burglars]] will pay.
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: From Chapter 3 onwards, the story alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped.
* TemporalDuplication: Two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]]. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: From Chapter 3 onwards, the story alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped.
* TemporalDuplication: Two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]]. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. Should ''Alice'' come to harm, though...
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''A Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
* TemporalDuplication: In ''A Stitch of Time'', two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. Should ''Alice'' come to harm, though...
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''A Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
* TemporalDuplication: In ''A Stitch of Time'', two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. Should ''Alice'' come to harm, though...
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''A Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
* TemporalDuplication: In ''A Stitch of Time'', two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.Group'']]
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. Should ''Alice'' come to harm, though...
* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''A Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
* TemporalDuplication: In ''A Stitch of Time'', two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Rat and Alice both used to fit the trope, but it gets pointedly deconstructed in ''Starship on a Grill'' as they realize it stops being fun when ''your own'' child vanishes after wandering off on his own [[spoiler:into a parallel world]].
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* BackToTheEarlyInstallment: The ''canon'' early installment in this case. After Alice is kidnapped by a time-traveling criminal, she finds herself in 1976, right within the timeline of ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''.
* EtTuBrute: When Alice marries Rat, Rrrr views it as a personal betrayal (due to the pirates' occupation of Brastak ''Literature/AMillionAdventures''). It takes many months for them to mend their friendship.
* ItsPersonal: Among the [[spoiler:four burglars on Brastak]], three are merely looking for a quick cash grab, but [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll agrees to take part in Alice's kidnapping since he views her marriage to Rat as a betrayal of the Brastaks, especially considering that he was badly beaten up by Rat thirteen years prior]].
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* BackToTheEarlyInstallment: The ''canon'' early installment in this case. After Alice is kidnapped by a time-traveling criminal, she finds herself in 1976, right within the timeline of ''Literature/OneHundredYearsAhead''.
* EtTuBrute: When Alice marries Rat, Rrrr views it as a personal betrayal (due to the pirates' occupation of Brastak ''Literature/AMillionAdventures''). It takes many months for them to mend their friendship.
* ItsPersonal: Among the [[spoiler:four burglars on Brastak]], three are merely looking for a quick cash grab, but [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll agrees to take part in Alice's kidnapping since he views her marriage to Rat as a betrayal of the Brastaks, especially considering that he was badly beaten up by Rat thirteen years prior]].
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* FreeRangeChildren: Rat and Alice both used to fit the trope, but it gets pointedly deconstructed as they realize it stops being fun when ''your own'' child vanishes after wandering off on his own [[spoiler:into a parallel world]].
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* MakesUsEven: When [[spoiler:Aa-uu-dd-lll scratches Rat so badly he rips at a vein]], Rat decides not to press charges about ''that'', [[spoiler:since he gave Aa-uu-dd-lll a horrible beating thirteen years ago]]. Should ''Alice'' come to harm, though...
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* HalfHumanHybrid: Rat and Alice's children are part human, part krokrys (in a comment to ''The Choice of a Group'', the author states that she believes Rat is half-humanoid too, considering how comfortable he feels in human form). Alex and Yulia have inherited Rat's VoluntaryShapeshifting abilities, but Polina hasn't.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Alice gradually realizes possessiveness is her FatalFlaw when it comes to personal relationships. In ''Murders in Ursa Minor'', her breakup with Pashka happens due to her jealous outburst, and in ''A Stitch of Time'', it's revealed she and Rat had an argument early in their marriage after she persistently suspected him of having affairs.
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* ObfuscatingDisability: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
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* DemotedToSatelliteLoveInterest: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Rat resents it happening to him InUniverse. As a space pirate, he was TheDreaded of the galaxy, while after the events of ''Murders in Ursa Minor'', he is only viewed by the public as Alice's husband. By the time ''The Choice of a Group'' begins (about nine years later), however, things have mended ''and'' he has gained new, post-HeelFaceTurn fame.
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* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''The ''A Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
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* TemporalSickness: Unusually, Alice finds herself in terrible pain after getting kidnapped on a time machine in ''A Stitch of Time''. She suspects it's due to the fact that this particular time machine model has only just been developed and some of its flaws may have gone unnoticed so far.far.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble: Happens big [[{{Pun}} time]] in ''A Stitch of Time''. Not only is Alice dragged into 1976, but the period she ends up in already contains her past self, for whom 1976 is ''likewise'' the past. When Alice talks about her 11-year-old self's adventures, she switches between past, present and future, and sometimes gets completely confused as to which tense to pick.
* WriteBackToTheFuture: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice believes that nobody even knows she was kidnapped into the past (actually, thanks to Rat's quick reaction to her disappearance, the kidnapping itself gets discovered fairly soon, but nobody knows where in the past she might be). She plans to send a CovertDistressCode via past!Rat by telling him something that would seem meaningless to him at that point and that he ''would'' understand by the time she was kidnapped from.
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* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/12249549 A Stitch of Time]]''
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* MeanwhileInTheFuture: ''The Stitch of Time'', after Chapter 3 onwards, alternates between the points-of-view of Alice (stuck in 1976) and Rat (investigating her disappearance back in the late 21st century).
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In ''A Stitch of Time'', Alice is determined to prevent herself from meeting past!Alice to avoid messing up her mind.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.Time''.
* TemporalDuplication: In ''A Stitch of Time'', two versions of Alice end up running around in 1976 – the 11-year-old one and the 23-year-old one.
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''Galactic Romance'' is an ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'' fanfic series by Troper/{{AutumnLeaves}}.
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''Galactic Romance'' is an ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'' fanfic series written in Russian by Troper/{{AutumnLeaves}}.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Rat and Alice both used to fit the trope, but it gets pointedly deconstructed in ''Starship on a Grill'' as they realize it stops being fun when ''your own'' child vanishes after wandering off on his own [[spoiler:into a parallel world]].
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In ''Starship on a Grill'', when Alex has vanished without a trace [[spoiler:in a parallel world with high volcanic activity and seemingly no sapient life]], Rat thinks that him losing his child is a delayed punishment [[ItsAllMyFault for his own crimes]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Alex is found safe and sound]].
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alex is every bit as wilful and adventurous as his parents.
* LikeParentUnlikeChild: Meanwhile, twins Yulia and Polina are quiet, shy bookworms, and everyone is surprised that such children could ever be born to Rat and Alice.
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* NoAntagonist:
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
** Turns out there are no bad guys in [[spoiler:''Starship on a Grill'']] – just a bunch of kind-hearted but irresponsible [[spoiler:grilb children]].
** ''The Choice of a Group'' is a SliceOfLife oneshot about Alex thinking about his future profession, without any external conflict.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Rat suspects his mother's senility is largely faked in order to invoke AmnesiacsAreInnocent should the police try to apprehend her.
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** Grilbs are sapient aliens who look like enormous hedgehogs, live in extremely high temperatures, breathe hydrogen, and can ear molybdenum and helium.
** Ftrils are animals who look like enormous snails, likewise live in high temperatures, and can [[spoiler:casually travel between parallel worlds]]. They are herded and trained by grilbs.
** Pleiades monitor lizards resemble your usual monitor lizards, except they are mouthless, half-transparent, lilac-colored, and survive on burning hydrogen and helium.
** Grilbs are sapient aliens who look like enormous hedgehogs, live in extremely high temperatures, breathe hydrogen, and can ear molybdenum and helium.
** Ftrils are animals who look like enormous snails, likewise live in high temperatures, and can [[spoiler:casually travel between parallel worlds]]. They are herded and trained by grilbs.
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''Galactic Romance'' is an ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'' fanfic series by Troper/{{AutumnLeaves}}.
At twenty-one, Alice boards CoolStarship ''Galactiana'' to go to the North Star's system for her scientific studies. Once aboard, though, she bumps into her old FriendlyEnemy Rat whom she hasn't seen for several years. ShesAllGrownUp and a whirlwind InterspeciesRomance ensue as the two of them team up to hunt down a rogue ANaziByAnyOtherName mafia boss.
The series currently includes the following works:
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/479599 Murders in Ursa Minor]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/12249549 A Stitch of Time]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/885411 Starship on a Grill]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/8490740 The Choice of a Group]]''
!! Tropes featured in the series:
* FourthDateMarriage: Rat and Alice get married just two weeks after reconnecting aboard the ''Galactiana''. It gets a DeconReconSwitch in ''A Stitch of Time'' where it's revealed they have to put in a ''lot'' of effort to make it work – but they genuinely make that effort, so after the first couple of years being pretty rough, they end up in a very happy relationship.
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
At twenty-one, Alice boards CoolStarship ''Galactiana'' to go to the North Star's system for her scientific studies. Once aboard, though, she bumps into her old FriendlyEnemy Rat whom she hasn't seen for several years. ShesAllGrownUp and a whirlwind InterspeciesRomance ensue as the two of them team up to hunt down a rogue ANaziByAnyOtherName mafia boss.
The series currently includes the following works:
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/479599 Murders in Ursa Minor]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/12249549 A Stitch of Time]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/885411 Starship on a Grill]]''
* ''[[https://ficbook.net/readfic/8490740 The Choice of a Group]]''
!! Tropes featured in the series:
* FourthDateMarriage: Rat and Alice get married just two weeks after reconnecting aboard the ''Galactiana''. It gets a DeconReconSwitch in ''A Stitch of Time'' where it's revealed they have to put in a ''lot'' of effort to make it work – but they genuinely make that effort, so after the first couple of years being pretty rough, they end up in a very happy relationship.
* MasterOfDisguise:
** As per canon, Rat can shapeshift into any living creature.
** Volsen is able to pull off a number of disguises, even though he isn't a shapeshifter like Rat. Since he is also a MasterActor, his disguises are extremely convincing.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Rrrr, [[Literature/AMillionAdventures quite understandably]], absolutely hates Rat, but is willing to work with him to rescue Alice after she is kidnapped in ''A Stitch of Time''.
