"Trying very hard to find everyone's happy ending. I see."

Trying is so seldom enough, though, is it? Trying gets you a fistful of golden petals, a SOUL full of pulsing redness that gets you as far as the barrier but no further.

"An old human saying comes to mind," says Chara, languidly, conversationally, "about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. Are you terribly familiar with it?"