But Alice became overwhelmingly ill from all the cake, and this made her angry, and in her determination to leave, she pulled a knife from the table, and yanked it into the Rabbit's eye. The Rabbit tried to get her to stay in his house forever as a slave but Alice was sick, and witnessed money changing hands (from a small hand to a larger one to the Rabbit's hand). The party was going well at first because Alice's parents forbade sweets, thus, when the Rabbit told her she could enjoy all the cake at the table, she was delighted, but things went sinister when the Rabbit prevented her from leaving and she was having cake stuffed in her mouth by the Rabbit, who seemed overly interested in her and keen to keep her at the party. Alice and Dor found the Old City to be not as disreputable as their elders had warned and Dor took Alice to attend a delightful tea party, with a man dressed like a Rabbit, and a second unidentifiable man. Several years ago, a young Alice was lured out to the dangerous Old City by her rebellious friend, Dor. His thirst for vengeance overrode his desire for ruling the City. But all this changed when Alice injured him by tearing out his eye and stabbing him in the back then the Rabbit became monstrous, more so than before, and resorted to any old evil trick in the book to get his vengeance. However, unlike many other gangsters, the Rabbit did try to stick to the rules, and would do an honorable deal and would never play dirty. Overall, the Rabbit was a brutal monster, feared by all other gang leaders, and was not someone to cross. He also vaguely dresses similar, expensively and with fine taste, yet he cannot hide the monster that lies beneath.

The Rabbit is very similar to Bill from Kill Bill, as he is a wealthy crime lord, who betrays his associates, is murderous and vengeful, yet affably evil, polite when attempting murder, and welcoming to his guests. The Rabbit was a cruel, sadistic, merciless monster, taking delight in mocking his name as he dressed in a rabbit costume to intimidate/delight/torture his enemies before Cheshire turned him into an actual anthropomorphic rabbit in mockery.

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