Dreams are always better than real, because they're what we want them to be. But sooner or later, we have to deal with what is. The great struggle of life is making our dreams into reality. Besides, it may be safe--but it's boring. Nothing changes, there's no growth, everything just stays the same. You might as well be dead, if that's what you want.

[Loki refused to be 'nice' instead of 'kind', to this child. This child version of Chise he suspected of being made of things she buried deep inside.]