The Council is split and they’re all looking at me.“You’re the tiebreaker, Death’s Keeper,” the voice says. “Four want death to evolve, three want it to stay absolute. Your vote determines which path we take. Choose how death should function across all realities going forward.”I’m being asked to decide if death stays absolute or becomes negotiable, and the choice affects every conscious being in existence.I should analyze this objectively, weigh options without bias, make the choice that serves death’s purpose best.But something wrong happens.I feel emotion.Specifically, I feel maternal concern for what this choice means for my sons, fear for how it affects my family, love trying to pierce through the death embodiment.“That’s impossible,” I say. “Human consciousness burned away when I became pure death. I shouldn’t feel these things.”“Correct,” the Finality says, manifesting in the Council space with alarm. “You shouldn’t. Unless…”It examines me and its form radiates shock.“
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