"what does it mean?"
"they're not coming back again."
"but when?"
"never, ty."
"yes? she said she'd come back."
"well, she's not."
"but you're not her...so you don't know. you don't know for sure."
"I know for sure."
"how?"
"I just do."
"she promised."
"I know."
"...you're a liar."
"I'm not."
"yes!"
"I'm not a liar...are you crying because you miss her or because you think I'm a liar?"
"both, liar."
"mmm."
"make her come back!"
"I can't."
"you don't want her to come back?"
"I do. I just can't make her. you know that."
"no."
"yes."
"it isn't fair."
"I know."
"it isn't!"
"shh, I know."
"why do you know?"
"I just do."
"why did you make her go away?"
"I'll tell you when you're taller."
"I'm taller now."
"no, you're not."
"I want to be. then I could've saved her."
"I don't think so."
"why didn't you save her."
"I did the best I could."
"not best enough."
"go to sleep."
"why didn't you try harder?"
"go. to. sleep."
"I don't want to."
"I don't care what you want."
"why did you make her stop breathing?"
"so it would be easier."
"why?"
"go to sleep."
"where did you make her go?"
"wherever dead people go."
"heaven?"
"that's not real."
"then where did she go?"
"in the ground. that's where all dead people end up."
"I don't want to be in the ground when I die."
"nobody cares."
"I do."
"nobody cares where you end up when you die."
"oh."
"I didn't mean that…"
"yes you did."
"why don't you go to sleep?"
"will you go to sleep too?"
"no."
"...I still miss her."
"I know."
"how long until I'm not sad anymore?"
"a long time."
"but how many minutes?"
"too many to count."