Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
And what percentage of people take up the option to die off?_ She looked at me, her glance telling me to be calm. __h, a hundred per cent, of course. Over many thousands of years, calculated by old time, of course. But yes, everyone takes the option, sooner or later.___o it__ just like the first time round? You always die in the end?___es, except don__ forget the quality of life here is much better. People die when they decide they__e had enough, not before. The second time round it__ altogether more satisfying because it__ willed._ She paused, then added, __s I say, we cater for what people want.__ hadn__ been blaming her. I__ not that sort. I just wanted to find out how the system worked. __o _ even people, religious people, who come here to worship God throughout eternity _ they end up throwing in the towel after a few years, hundred years, thousand years?___ertainly. As I said, there are still a few Old Heaveners around, but their numbers are diminishing all the time.
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And what percentage of people take up the option to die off?_ She looked at me, her glance telling me to be calm. __h, a hundred per cent, of course. Over many thousands of years, calculated by old time, of course. But yes, everyone takes the option, sooner or later.___o it__ just like the first time round? You always die in the end?___es, except don__ forget the quality of life here is much better. People die when they decide they__e had enough, not before. The second time round it__ altogether more satisfying because it__ willed._ She paused, then added, __s I say, we cater for what people want.__ hadn__ been blaming her. I__ not that sort. I just wanted to find out how the system worked. __o _ even people, religious people, who come here to worship God throughout eternity _ they end up throwing in the towel after a few years, hundred years, thousand years?___ertainly. As I said, there are still a few Old Heaveners around, but their numbers are diminishing all the time.
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