Immortality…
Blessing or Curse?
In my experience.., it is a bit of both.
But now. Now the equation is changing. There is no magic, though I have mastered that. No curse, or anything so simple. No. Simple genetics is what does it, a very unique genetics, but just genetics, and I have unlocked it.
100 years to the second, then wake up 25 years later. 25 years of life as a new person and then suddenly granted access to all the memories of your former lives. 75 years to learn, to grow, commit atrocities, if you feel like it in that life. Reborn to my decedents.
This time is different. This will be my last renewal that I do not control. I’ve gone over it for 200 years, confirmed it. Now my renewals will happen when I choose, but more importantly, now I can bring others with me into eternity.
I have had so many lovers, men and women, and more children than can be counted. 230,000 years, give or take a few centuries. Lovers lost to time, to tragedy, to every conceivable horror. Every time I love them as deeply as any before, and every time they are ripped from me.
No more.
We tested it, and when I called the number we had arranged, Eric was there, on the other end of the line. Alive, and remembering our lives, remembering me. A reunion so sweet..., but it only worked the one time. He was not there the next time. It wasn’t perfect, and I lost him.
Now though. Now it is different. Now, when I wake in 25 years. I will not renew again until I choose. I cannot give them renewal, but I can give them life eternal.
Whoever you are. I love you. Forever.