"No, Rednaya, you're wrong. Eternity is what's most important, but that doesn't mean you have to give up everything else."
"But you died, of old age."
Rednaya stepped forward, her exquisite and beautiful face almost touching the man's, and spoke with lips devoid of any emotion:
"I watched you die with my own eyes and buried you. My beloved kin, all lost to the passage of time."
"I spent a lifetime chasing eternity, my comrades, partners, teachers, lovers, offspring, constantly replaced, until finally, only I was left. I abandoned my species, abandoned my ideals and nationality, continually seeking change to extend my life. My feelings, my emotions, my character, all worn away by millions of years."
"—You have seen the extinguishing of the Sun, personally showing me that dying Red Giant Star. Now you tell me: Eternity isn't important?"
