You try, Auriel, you fight. It starts when we struggle to take your first breath. I want to keep trying instead of having everything handed to me on a golden platter, whether I deserve it or not. Things are too easy on the other side. Life is hard, Ralphie.
Eternity just is.
It's not that bad. You're willing to trade eternal bliss for a night on the town. If I was to become one now, it would be as a consequence of Gabe and the Old Man pulling some strings. I don't want that. For reasons that perhaps I cannot fully comprehend, I need to seek my own perfectibility, and I need to seek it within the context of the human spirit.