Young Elise, gifted with deep sight, dreams the quest of the mouse
acrobat and the unicorn after they have escaped the great battle
between the forces of the Nutcracker and the army of the
Seven-Headed Mouse King. They meet many perils along the way, both
internal and external. Why war? Why greed? The links to vanity and
what self-aggrandizement leaves out. Finally they dance a
revelatory dance with Blanche and Djinnsky. The quest changes the
mouse acrobat far beyond who she was at the start. Elise wakes
having seen to the center.