The hippo remains in his office. When I was telling him how I felt about it, how symbolic it was, I was really angry and said that I wasn't telling this because I wanted it back. I told him that it meant absolutely nothing to me now that he had taken it back. I'm not sure if that's true, though.

I was going to plan an OPERATION HIPPO HEIST and just take it but it just wouldn't mean anything. I would just die if he told me that he wanted me to have it, if he just gave it to me. But that would mean I would actually feel good for a change, and we can't have that, can we?