... I... I know. That's... that's what Vriska-chan said, but... it's got nothing to do with being myself or standing on my own. It's simply that feeling...

[ His voice is full of sadness. ]

I was never meant to be... I wasn't supposed to exist. Not... in this form. Death is... like smoke. You can't contain smoke in a jar, but... they channeled it into a body, almost... so it feels like... if I'm not surrounded by people, I'm not really there. That I never was... but you, you're the one who... makes me feel like I'm anchored to the world.

Without you, I... I don't know where I'd be.