[Feelings continue to suck, thanks. Even if he could sleep, Jae-Ha's sad little heart would probably wake him up anyway, but he won't say that... that's mean. He shrugs, barely, since he's still squished under a sad lizard here.]

It wasn't— He got in the way. It wasn't meant to be him, and I fixed what I did wrong, but his folks wouldn't take him back like he was. So that's why he's been with me all this time.

[Hazel, the Abridged Series]