"It's not. It's the World. Don't you understand? Say you were sleeping, Alice. Where do you think you ended up?"

Natural conclusions, that should be coming naturally, he thinks.

"And whether you want to leave or not... I don't care. I'll make you, if I have to. Because you can't survive here. Only us guides can. And you're human right now. Anything that finds it way here becomes mostly similar to humans. That's how the World processes things. Except for us guides. But I can put you back, unscathed. If you actually cooperate, that is. As it is, I only want my Keys back. I hardly feel that's much to ask in return of someone who has no second chances."