Do You Want to Live Forever?

Yes. Yes, I do. All other things being equal, I do want to live forever.

However, if there is one thing — no, two things — I have learned from stories:

—All other things are never equal in stories

—In stories about Immortals, there is typically someone who wants that Immortal dead, often that self-same Immortal

Nonetheless, at this time, I want to live forever.

They say that No Man is an Island.

In fact, Every Man is a Drowning Sailor. (Thank God we have each other for company as a we tread away the waters of our lives.)

• Somebody* has to evolve flotation bladders, or something, and stop drowning all the time.

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Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles