"All stick, carrots only for very good compliant girls." Despite the direness of the situation that Wanda was confirming, Peony's lips lilted up into a smile and she had to force down a laugh. It was just too damn strange to take seriously.

She shrugged her shoulders. "This is still better than the plane of existence I have been trapped in for the past six months. There's at least some carrot here rather than barren fields."