asphxdels:

                              _{❝ — ‘s the matter with you, then?  ❞}

               _{« I didn’t even start crying yet. »}

asphxdels:

            _{❝ They could, but that’ll just mislead people to high expectations.
                      Nothing wrong with a good fix of sadness, every now and then.  ❞}

         _{« But there is already sadness all the time. »}

asphxdels:

          _{❝  Not everyone in reality gets a happy ending;
                                     that play was good ‘cause it was true to life.  ❞}

      _{« But can we at least give the characters a happy ending in fiction?
               Perhaps it is good because it favors reality but I still find it dreadfully sad. »}