[It had been a huge step for Sunny, especially since he didn’t normally join most of the more rambunctious activities his childhood friends partook in. Normally he was off to the side… and that was fine with him.

If only it had been a step of progress. Instead, it had turned out more a flop of failure.

He found himself nodding automatically at her words. Not that he could agree with her, deep down, but an acknowledgment that he had heard.

If that was what had made up Life, Sunny wondered what she would say made up Death…?]