You mean, life just gets worse from here on out?

[ Not exactly reassuring, Max. Coraline seems to deflate a little, eying the older girl skeptically.] Goody gumdrops.

I guess it doesn't bother me too much, because if I ever found a way home, years and years later, I wouldn't want mom and dad missing out on half my kid-life?

But sometimes I think maybe this place is more like Neverland than Wonderland.