I'm your only friend.

[vroomsplat]

Poll But really, I'm not actually your friend.

Comments

[kendellsquare]

I saw it as him being afraid that he would be incompetent. I didn't think necessarily it was because he was too dim, power-wise, (because I pictured the soul of the nightlight transported into the body of the lighthouse) but just that he felt he couldn't be responsible for remembering to shine in the right direction at the right time - the job was too important and imposing to him and he feared he'd mess up.

[sandydelaware]

I agree with Kendell that it's not an issue of physical power/brightness. Perhaps the bit about "primitive ancestry" is a clue: I'd probably be fired as a hunter/gatherer. We're too civilized now to do a job like that?

[uzbradistan]

I'd stupidly wondered if the problem was that the night light blinked off and on; but then, who's ever heard of a night light like that before?

Anyway, I think the problem IS the one-candela limit.

[max243732]

I agree that it's a power/suitability issue. Both the night light and the lighthouse have "safety" as their ultimate goal, but the night light's one-candela limit means it can't keep the beaches ship-wreck free (just as the lighthouse can't kill off bad dreams).