Falling Flowers, Ashes, and Snow Across the Sky

Whether human or animal, why cultivate immortality? To live longer, to become immortal, to hold on forever to the things that bring us joy and keep enjoying the feelings they give us. It is the fulfillment of an obsession. But when those joys are gone, and that obsession becomes a burden, perhaps eternal life has no meaning after all.

Offer a stick of incense, and summon the souls of the ten directions home.

With one thought, a shield; with another, a blade. Kill or spare, all is decided in a single thought.