Forgotten Embers
"After all this... you still remember. But I promise you I will. Only... after all of this... after all of this is over."
Marcus laughed, putting a hand on his hip. "I want you to live your life, Eliezer. The life that you never got the chance to live. You and Dorcus, you're good for each other. You know? You're better together." He smiled, and his countenance softened. "In fact, I never saw her so well as when she was with you. Not with anyone."
"And would you give your life for mine?" Eliezer asked him.
"Ahh," he said, shrugging it off, "I've seen better men die for lesser things. Besides, we are immortal, after all. Might as well live like it."
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