Pure lightness did not dwell within him no matter how much he changed, but he could not ignore the fact that he had not lied or harmed someone for the sheer fun of it in well over a year. Now he used it only as a means of protection, a way to ensure that he and those around him were not hurt in any manner of ways. Surely there was more to it than the simple act of falling in love? Why had he not pondered on this previously?