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[goddamnemperor]

Do you want to die?

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[helenesque]

Rude . . .

[goddamnemperor]

You sound surprised. How intriguing.

[helenesque]

More like "long-suffering". It's not the first time people've ever asked a rude question.

[goddamnemperor]

I ask in the spirit of hope, not manners, Ganymede.

[helenesque]

Do you want to die?

[goddamnemperor]

I want to die. Every time my heart beats is a wish for death and emptiness.

[helenesque]

I remember that . . .

[goddamnemperor]

I was a beggar for death.

[helenesque]

That gets old, as well. After a few thousand years . . .

[goddamnemperor]

I know.

[helenesque]

Those things age too fast. "I want to die" aged faster than I did and got tired. We'll see how long "I want to live" lasts, I guess.

[goddamnemperor]

Age? Age means nothing to me.

[helenesque]

How old are you?

[goddamnemperor]

My body is fifteen years old. But don't forget. I was there when the walls of Troy fell. I was there, when my wife slit my throat in the bath. I lived in the blink of an eye.

[helenesque]

[gosh the Troy falling thing makes me cranky. IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN MY DAY!!]

I bet you'll still feel older when you're thirty.

[goddamnemperor]

That's impossible, I'm afraid.