Memento Mori: Inevitable Death

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"Memento mori (remember that you have to die) is an artistic or symbolic trope acting as a reminder of the inevitability of death. It is a reminder that we are all mortal, and that death is an inescapable inevitability."
By the darkest river, beneath leafless trees are two dragons. Only one of them is standing upright. The other lies against one of the barren trees. The night is a cold one and the blustering winds slash at the two with icy talons. The dragon leaning against the tree, a NightWing, his scales a shiny onyx were stained red as he clutched at his stomach, and the guts that spilled out of him onto the ground. Every labored breath he took forced more of his innards out of him, giving no head to his desperate attempts to prevent them from exiting his body cavity. The other, a NightWing too with dark raven colored scales watched the onyx NightWing as he tried to keep himself together. The raven NightWing wore a dark hooded cloak, splashes of crimson blood. The blood of the one lying against the tree. The raven NightWing broke his silence, asking "Why do you try so hard to keep yourself alive, Anakoni?" The NightWing lying against the tree, Anakoni mumbled something then cried out in pain. The dim light from the stars above gave Anakoni a sickly completion. The face of one on death's door. 
"Be cause I do not wish to die!" Anakoni shouted, his voice quavering. The raven NightWing shook his head and crouched beside Anakoni.
"Memento mori Anakoni." 
"What?" Anakoni muttered. 
"Memento mori. Remember that you have to die, that death is inevitable. " The raven NightWing said. Anakoni again cried out in pain. His breaths were becoming more and more rapid. 
"Amias, why do you just sit there doing nothing!? Do something, don't let me die out here." Amias shook his head. 
"Your death is inevitable, I won't help you Anakoni. You brought this upon your self. You should be grateful to not be dying alone." Anakoni began to sob, he no longer held his innards. He'd given up. The pain was too great. 
"Why must I die Amias? There was much I still wished to do with my life, why must I die now?" 
"Because its what I wanted." Amias said.
"What right do you have to decide the lives of others Amias? What could I have done to make you desire me dead?" Anakoni mumbled, the time between his breaths getting longer. 
"Mememto mori. You were goin to die some time Anakoni. Do I have to have any other reason for taking a life? Your life doesn't matter, it was going to end anyways. Everyone's life will. Including mine." Amias stood so he was again looking down at Anakoni. The onyx NightWing had little time left.
"Are you going to kill others Amias?" Amias nodded. 
"Yes. Why shouldn't I? All existence is, is suffering. From the moment we're born, till our inevitable deaths life is suffering. All I'm doing is preventing anymore suffering. Its not wrong, as I'm doing you and everyone else a favor, ending your suffering."
"To you, no life is worth living because it's nothing but suffering and doomed to end?" Amias again nodded.
"Yes. No life is worth living. Most certainly yours Anakoni." Amias turned away from Anakoni, hearing the other NightWing exhale his final breath. He wouldn't be the final life that Amias would take before dawn. "Memento mori. Inevitable death." 
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