And this is why I hate what fandom has done to Alice. She's such an awesome character when she's not not everyone's punching bag, or an obsessive, angst-ridden Marisa stalker. When she does little things like this, that prove how much she really does care about Marisa without having to get all fangirl-y about it, she really is probably my favorite of the Touhou girls. That small little gesture on her part said so much more than Alice could ever tell Marisa with mere words.
...She was really cute, y'know?...You know what she did when I showed her magic?...Her eyes went all sparkly and she latched onto me....such a good girl....Seriously...cute and...