“Maybe I wasn't happy, but I wasn't sad. I was just . . . there.”
“Nostalgia pierced me. I started to cry. I wasn't sad, but remembered happiness hurts.”
“Perhaps I just wasn't scary enough. Maybe I should invest in some horns or fangs.”
“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”
“It wasn't the disappearance of happiness so much as the appearance of sadness.”
“Maybe you're going insane.""Maybe," agreed Kernel."I was joking.""I wasn't.”