Forever More


Tell me, Little Lamb, why do they run?

Because you give chase, Dear Wolf.

Do they not know it is just a game?

To you, it may be, but for them, it is not.

And why is it not! They run, and I chase! What fun!

For you…when they are caught-

When they are caught, they lose, and I win!

And you always win, and they always lose.

That's what makes it fun!

But when they lose, they lose their lives.

…and what is so bad about that, Little Lamb?

When they lose their life, they die…

Die?

Death.

And what is…Death?

Death…is something beyond our reach…

Beyond our reach! Should it sadden you so, I will run it down! Tear it, limb from limb!

My Dear Wolf…we cannot die…

And why not! Who is to say what I can and cannot do!

If only I could give you such a gift, my Dear Wolf…

…Little Lamb…are you sad?

…yes…I am…

…sad because you cannot give me such a gift?

…yes…

You give me many a gifts! Many a fine hunts!

…yes, I would give you everything, if only I could…but this one gift is something I cannot…

…and what is so great about this gift?

Why, it is an end.

An end?

Yes, an end.

An end to what? A hunt?

An end to all hunts.

All hunts?

Yes, an end to all hunts, as well as many other things.

What other things?

An end to happiness…but also, an end to suffering…it is an end to everything…

And why would you want to give such a gift?

…do you know how old we are?

No…do you, Little Lamb?

Older than those whose footsteps vanished long ago…

…many years…

…and I have remembered them all…do you not grow tired?

Of what?

Of our existence…how one dies shows how one lived, but we will never die, and in turn, we will never live…

Are you sad, Dear Wolf…?

Yes…I am…

What does it feel like?

Like a long hunt, with no kill…

I am sorry to have saddened you, my Dear Wolf…

You have always given me gifts, Little Lamb…many hunts…much fun…it is now that I give you a gift as well…

A gift?

Yes.

And what will you give me?

I cannot give you everything, but, I shall give you all.

All?

All that I am.

What do you-

We shall walk for eternity! Always hunting, always living, always dying! And always, I shall remain by your side!

…I am sorry, Wolf, I-

HOW LONG WILL WE BE TOGETHER!?

HOW LONG!?

Forever more, my dear wolf…forever more…thank you…my other half…

And everywhere lamb went!

…wolf was sure to follow.