He was all but immortal, but his beloved would grow old, and that displeased him greatly.
He hated change. He wanted everything around him to remain as good as new.
When a crack appeared in a cup, he would throw it away and have a servant bring him an identical one at once.
The moment rust began to form on the golden birdcage, he would discard it. The craftsman had already copied every pattern and detail.
Perhaps there were hundreds or thousands of identical things in some storeroom. That way, no matter how day gave way to night, everything would stay spotless and beautiful, gleaming with a golden halo. Even the parrot in the cage seemed to be the same one, forever...
Year after year, month after month, day after day, everything he remembered still looked just as it had before.
That way, it was as if nothing had ever happened.
Theme: Eternity.
There is a feeling of loss. The king will never grow old. Each of his queens has the same standards. As his dog, he will not find a replacement after his death, because he has poured unique emotions into her. But as his queen, she only has a template. Maybe the template is his past love, or maybe the template is what a queen should be. He stubbornly refused to accept change or time, so he was abandoned by time and was always stuck in this time. He was like an autistic child, unable to communicate, had obsessive-compulsive disorder, and did not accept the small changes in life. Dogs have a shorter life cycle, which allows him to see the traces of time, so there is no substitute for dogs. My love, when will you open your eyes? Maybe after seeing time, we will turn into ashes.
Is this the end? I thought the protagonists were a queen and a king, but they turned out to be dogs?