The Unwondrous Way to Immortality

Why cultivate immortality? To fly through the skies and burrow underground? To summon clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with the other? Everyone has their own answer.

But I think most people would want eternal life above all, because only an infinite lifespan offers infinite possibilities.

But is immortality really a good thing? Over tens of thousands of years, you watch countless people pass away: family, friends, and loved ones.

You may get used to it after seeing it happen so many times, and gradually stop caring.

But when you gaze across the endless river of time and can no longer find a single familiar face, when no one truly knows you anymore, will you still be yourself?