"No one sold me on it. I'm a fool, but, I'm not an idiot."

Oh, he'd had a family forged through friendship. The Lorax, the animals, heck, even Melvin---and he'd thrown it away. In the beginning for the first few scraps of affection and pride his mother had ever thrown his way---and then for the money and the fame and the biggering---

Once's expression was filled with self-loathing.

"I deserve to rot alone. Unless."