A Brief Life

A water spirit no one can see has spent years searching for a body, so it can know what it's like to be seen for three days. Even though the body will turn to ash after those three days and vanish from the world forever, the water spirit keeps searching. Even though it must serve the soul still lingering inside the body during those three days, the water spirit keeps searching. Even though it grows to hate the world more and more, the water spirit keeps searching. Even though the search may take years, the water spirit still refuses to give up. Perhaps what it is looking for is simply itself...