Happy. She didn't know how to respond to that, not really. There had been times when she had felt happy with where her life was, but there was always something missing, more or less. She hadn't been happy since she'd heard about the Den, and longer, since Nick had been acting strange long before she knew why. But before that, yes, maybe. At least, she'd been more happy than unhappy.
"I don't know. I think fulfillment is better than happiness. The work is rewarding. Sometimes I feel lonely, I guess." Which was stupid and mortifying, and Anye felt her ears go red. "Sometimes I think about getting a dog," she blurted out, in an effort to truck on past things she shouldn't say. "But I worry that Heffalump would get jealous. Or maybe the other way around? Animals are perceptive. Maybe a dog would sense when I go to the astral plane. Or is it cats that are supposed to know that kind of thing? That would be weird." She shrugged. "Probably wouldn't be fair. I don't have a yard. I'm gone too much."