"The saying 'misery loves company' comes to mind," Ishiah murmurs darkly, as frustrated as anyone can be by the injustice and illogical nature of the beast, as Mary's pointed out so well. Why would anyone want to deliberately ruin someone else's day? Why would anyone want to compromise another person's happiness? And yet, it happens, and often, as though happiness is perceived to be of some limited quantity that everyone needs to scramble for.

It doesn't actually work like that.

"People who seek to make others miserable often have some problem in their lives that they cannot seem to solve. An ache of something missing, an inability to find happiness in a solid, consistent way. The ones who cause pain are often among the most pitiful. And from our perspective, that 'why' may never be truly clear."