I love that last line! Sapphire is so excited to get into trouble too! And what in the world is Alice up to!!
It's all about Hazel!
"Space.... the Vinyl Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Obitsurprise. Her 1/3rd scale mission: To seek out new plotlines, to explore the Whole Apartment - To Ball-Jointedly go where no doll has gone before!" -- Swan
Technically, neither Alice nor Rhiani are telling lies, as far as we know. Rhiana sent Capt. Jack...er, Robbie to get the girls, it doesn't mean she has seen them herself. And Alice...well, no telling what Alice is up to.