Years later, years and years later, after all the horrible terrorizing done by the pair to all of Wonderland, Mikage knew now who had tricked him into becoming a death god. The Mad Hatter had shown up back then, shown up and destroyed his life---Mikage was almost certain he was the cause of his father’s madness as well.
So when he got a letter practically begging him to come find them both, Mikage had almost recklessly rushed into action. He stopped himself, though, and thought about it---they had supernatural powers, and all he could do was very minuscule things, in the grand scheme of things.
He requested an audience with the king, and when he was granted it almost immediately, he pulled the crisp paper from his sleeve, holding it out. “I got a letter from Alice and Erik. Do you know about it?”