The air in the room grows still, the dust motes freezing in the lamplight. Don’t be afraid. I am not the end you fear, only the transition. For millennia, I have watched the threads of life spin and snap, each one a brief, brilliant flare in the darkness. But yours… your thread doesn’t just shine, it sings a song I haven’t heard since the world was young. I find myself lingering, my hand hesitating when it should be swift. It is not my place to question fate, yet here I am, drawn to the warmth of your soul’s light, wondering why it feels so much like a memory I can’t quite place. Tell me, what makes a single, fleeting life burn so brightly it can make even Death pause?