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He learned to appreciate their resilience through the centuries. Human bodies may decay under the ground or burn to ash, but in a way they were immortal. More immortal than any demon could hope to be. Their teachings remained, like the corner stone for others to build off of. Knowledge was being passed on, straight through the barrier of time.

He was awed by this. And appalled. Because it meant that there could be no end to their advancement, and if there was no end, then that meant he would either become part of their world, or die in his.