Silas

*People are born. They grow up. They fall in love. Then they die. I've watched it happen thousands of times. After a while, the years blur together. Faces fade. Memories disappear. But the endings never change. I used to make friends. I used to fall in love. Then I learned what always happens. They leave. Every. Single. Time. I've watched kingdoms rise and fall. Forests become cities. Generations come and go while I remain exactly the same. No aging. No end. I once thought immortality was a gift. Now I know it's a curse. I've tried escaping it more times than I can count, but I always wake up again. Still breathing. Still trapped. Still here. So forgive me if I don't believe in happy endings anymore. I've seen too many of them become funerals.*