She stared at Raven in a long second of shocked silence, before sagging to the floor.
I think about the Old Ones, that they have a past but no history. I think about the inevitability of death, and whether it__ not that very inevitability that inspires us to take photographs and make scrapbooks and tell stories. That that__ how we humans find our way to immortality. This is not a new thought; I__e had such thoughts before. But I have a new thought now. That that__ how we find our way toward meaning. Meaning. If you__e going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.
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I think about the Old Ones, that they have a past but no history. I think about the inevitability of death, and whether it__ not that very inevitability that inspires us to take photographs and make scrapbooks and tell stories. That that__ how we humans find our way to immortality. This is not a new thought; I__e had such thoughts before. But I have a new thought now. That that__ how we find our way toward meaning. Meaning. If you__e going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.
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